BellaOnline Forums Education Astronomy Moons of Mars - Deimos *new article*

By the late 19th century we knew Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune had moons. But it seemed that there were no Martian moons. Then in 1877 American astronomer Asaph Hall surprised the world with two Martian moons. Why did it take so long to find them? And why did Hall call them Fear and Terror?

Moons of Mars - Deimos

Here's a comparison between views of the Martian moons from Mars and our view from Earth of our own Moon.

Interesting and cool picture!