Deimos RADIUS 7.5x6.1x5.5 km MASS 3.0120e-10 (Earth=1) DENSITY 1.7 (gm/cm) GRAVITY ? (Earth=1) ORBIT PERIOD 1.262 (Earth days) ROTATION PERIOD 1.262 (Earth days) DISTANCE FROM PLANET 23,460 km ECCENTRICITY OF ORBIT 0.00

• Deimos is covered with craters, but also has a smooth surface in some areas.
• Deimos is the smallest moon in the Solar System.
• Deimos is considered to be an asteroid captured by the gravity from Mars.
• Deimos, is a son of Ares, the god of War, and Aphrodite, the goddess of love, in Greek mythology.

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