The Moons of Mars Explained -- Phobos & Deimos MM#2
What do you know about the Moons of Mars? Nothing? They are super cool (and strange), promise. Moon May! One video about cool moon stuff every Mo(o)nday in May. Next: Plutos five Moons explained....
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The moons of Mars explained.Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos.They are really tiny. How tiny?Compared to Mars or our own moon,pretty tiny.Although, tiny is a matter of opinion.Their surface area is up close to some of the smallest states on Earth,like Luxembourg and Malta.Although Phobos and Deimos are in no way lightweight,In reality their gravitational pull isn't even strong enough to bring them into spherical form.So they look more like huge potatoes than moons.The most popular theory of their origin is that they were once part of the asteroid beltuntil Jupiter's massive gravity kicked them out of it.So Mars could catch them.Phobos orbits Mars at a average distance of 9,400 kilometers, once every 7 and a half hours.It's on a collisio...
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The moons of Mars explained.Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos.They are really tiny. How tiny?Compared to Mars or our own moon,pretty tiny.Although, tiny is a matter of opinion.Their surface area is up close to some of the smallest states on Earth,like Luxembourg and Malta.Although Phobos and Deimos are in no way lightweight,In reality their gravitational pull isn't even strong enough to bring them into spherical form.So they look more like huge potatoes than moons.The most popular theory of their origin is that they were once part of the asteroid beltuntil Jupiter's massive gravity kicked them out of it.So Mars could catch them.Phobos orbits Mars at a average distance of 9,400 kilometers, once every 7 and a half hours.It's on a collisio...
