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Deimos
[ dahy-mos ]
noun
- an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
- Astronomy. one of the two moons of Mars.
Deimos
/ ˈdeɪmɒs /
noun
- the smaller of the two satellites of Mars and the more distant from the planet. Approximate diameter: 13 km Compare Phobos
Deimos
/ dē′mōs,dā′- /
- The satellite of Mars that is second in distance from the planet.
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Example Sentences
We had quickly overtaken and passed Deimos, far within her orbit.
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We are only a few hundred miles away from Deimos, the outer one, and he is twelve thousand five hundred miles from Mars.
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As they crossed into the sunlit portion it became quite plain that Deimos, at any rate, was as airless and lifeless as the moon.
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An investigation machine was instantly dispatched from Deimos, and it maintained an acceleration of one thousand units.
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Eclipses of Deimos by the planet and occultations of it by the other satellite are very frequent.
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