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Deimos | ||||
subject | fact |
Deimos | has albedo 0.06 | |
has inclination 1°.6 | ||
has eccentricity e = 0.003 | ||
has radius 12 × 13 km | ||
has discovery date 1897 | ||
has discoverer A. Hall | ||
is a part of Mars | ||
has orbital period P = 1.26 days | ||
has definition The outer satellite of Mars. Mariner 9 has shown that both Phobos and Deimos are locked in synchronous rotation with Mars. | ||
is an instance of natural satellite | ||
celestial body | has spectra | |
satellite | orbits a more massive physical object | |
has approximately elliptical orbit | ||
has orbital inclination | ||
physical object | has location or center of gravity | |
has angular momentum | ||
has mass | ||
has velocity | ||
has momentum | ||
has temperature | ||
has volume | ||
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