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Phobos and Deimos Once a Single Moon?

Posted by michael on from the family-ties dept.

blamanj writes "Phobos (fear) and Diemos (panic), the twin moons of Mars have caused astronomers grief for years, as conventional hypotheses about the moons either violate physical laws or have difficulty accounting for their observed orbits. Now a new hypothesis conjectures that they were once a single moon, that broke apart in an ancient catastrophe."

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  1. FUD by limekiller4 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Great. Now we just need to find moons Metus (fear), Ambiguitas (uncertainty) and Dubium (doubt) and convince Gates to purchase them...

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    Limekiller