Rocky Planets May Only Get Moons From One Source: Giant Impacts
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The giant impact hypothesis states that a Mars-sized body collided with early Earth, with the debris that doesn’t fall back to…
The giant impact hypothesis states that a Mars-sized body collided with early Earth, with the debris that doesn’t fall back to…
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Title: On the Impact Origin of Phobos and Deimos I: Thermodynamic and Physical AspectsAuthors: Ryuki Hyodo, Hidenori Genda, Sébas…
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En un reciente estudio se informa que las fotografías tomadas a Fobos muestran grietas y fisuras en su superficie. Éstas…
Par Marion Guillaumin. La provenance de deux satellites naturels de Mars, de leurs petits noms Phobos et Deimos, ne fut, jusqu'a…
From 3D simulations, researchers have shown that the two Martian satellites, Phobos and Deimos, could have formed from a giant…
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Where did the two natural satellites of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, come from? For a long time, their shape suggested that they…
Deux études indépendantes viennent de montrer que l'origine des deux satellites de Mars, Phobos et Deimos, est très…
Phobos and Deimos, Mars’ lumpy, runty moons, were once pegged as captured asteroids. But the truth is shaping up to be far more…
While the size of Mars' moons is laughable, some scientists believe the Red Planet used to have many more moons.
Scientists believe that Phobos, one of Mars' two moons, is destined to be torn to shreds and form a ring around the Red Planet…
A new theory suggests the Red Planet once had a spectacular lunar system. Lee Billings reports. -- Read more on…
El origen de las dos lunas del planeta rojo trae de cabeza a los astrónomos. Si se formó por un choque violento, ¿por qué no…
Mars may have once had a much larger moon that eventually fell into the red planet. (credit: Labex UnivEarths / Université…