In Greek mythology, Deimos and Phobos were Ares' sons, who would accompany him onto the battlefield. Deimos' name means "terror" or "dread." Discovery of the moon Deimos Moons are rare in the ...

Phobos and Deimos – these names from Greek mythology were given to the moons of our neighbouring planet Mars, discovered in 1877 by the US astronomer Asaph Hall. Besides Earth's Moon, they are the ...

Mars currently has two satellite moons – Phobos and Deimos – the twin sons of Ares, the god of war (Mars in Roman mythology) ...

But their focus wasn’t on Mars. It was on its moon, Phobos; named after the Greek God of fear. After all, if NASA could land on Mars, landing on one of its moons should be easy, right?

Astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Mars’ two moons, Phobos and Deimos, in 1877. He named them for the Greek gods associated ...