SpazeMoon of Mars
Deimos
The smaller of Mars’s two moons, probably a captured asteroid. From Mars it looks like a bright star.
- Size
- 15 × 12 × 11 km
- Orbit
- 30.3 hours
Can we live on Deimos?
Air: none to speak of. You’d live in sealed, pressurised habitats.
Gravity: 0.00 g. Someone who weighs 70 kg on Earth would weigh 0 kg there.
Ground: Carbon-rich rock with a smooth layer of dust.
Atmosphere
- None to speak of
Measured by MRO