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    580 mi) and an orbital period of 30.35 hours. Speculation about the existence of the moons of Mars had begun when the moons of Jupiter were discovered. When...
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    search for small moons, dust rings and old orbiters. As of 2016, there were believed to be eight derelict spacecraft in orbit around Mars (barring unforeseen...
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    under the title "In the Moons of Mars". However, when the first part of the serialization appeared in the February 1912 edition of The All-Story, it bore...
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    advanced astronomers of Laputa have discovered two Martian moons. The 1752 work Micromégas by Voltaire likewise mentions two moons of Mars; astronomy historian...
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    the two moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos, in 1877. He determined the orbits of satellites of other planets and of double stars, the rotation of Saturn...
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    Book XV of the Iliad, where Ares (Greek counterpart of the Roman god Mars) summons Dread (Deimos) and Fear (Phobos). The origin of Mars's moons is unknown...
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    systematic designation: Mars I) is the innermost and larger of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Deimos. The two moons were discovered in...
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    Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) is a robotic space probe set for launch in 2026 to bring back the first samples from Mars' largest moon Phobos. Developed...
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  • 2013. "Mars 2, 3 (Mars M71 #1, #2, #3)". "Mars 3". Retrieved 28 May 2010. Williams, David R. Dr. (18 December 2006). "Viking Mission to Mars". NASA....
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    Some have also considered exploring the Martian moons of Phobos and Deimos. By 2020, virtual visits to Mars, using haptic technologies, had also been proposed...
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