Moons of Mars: Deimos
Deimos is one of the 2 moons of planet Mars. Diemos is the outermost moon, and as its orbit is slowly expanding, is expected to eventually escapre Mars gravity. For a listing of other moons, see Moons of the Planets.
Deimos Stats
- Mass (kg)
- 1.8e+15
- Radius (km)
- 7.5 x 6.1 x 5.5
- Density (gm/cm3)
- 1.7
- Distance from planet (km)
- 23,460
- Rotational period (days)
- 1.26244
- Orbital period (days)
- 1.26244
- Orbital velocity (km/sec)
- 1.36
- Eccentricity of orbit
- 0.0000
- Inclination of orbit (°)
- 0.9-2.7
- Albedo
- 0.07
- Magnitude (Vo)
- 12.40
- Atmosphere