The Dynamics and Origin of the Martian Moons
Event Start:
2020-09-21T15:00:00
Event End:
2020-09-21T16:00:00
Event Information:
The two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, have long been a mystery to astronomers. Small and irregular in shape, they are usually considered to be captured asteroids. However, their near-equatorial orbits point to their likely origin in an accretion disk around Mars. It is still not clear if these satellites were accreted from Martian debris excavated by impacts, or from material derived from captured small bodies. The Martian moons' dynamics over the age of the solar system is becoming better understood now.
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Matija Cuk (SETI Institute)
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Event Start:
2020-09-21T15:00:00
Event End:
2020-09-21T16:00:00
The Dynamics and Origin of the Martian Moons
Event Information:
The two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, have long been a mystery to astronomers. Small and irregular in shape, they are usually considered to be captured asteroids. However, their near-equatorial orbits point to their likely origin in an accretion disk around Mars. It is still not clear if these satellites were accreted from Martian debris excavated by impacts, or from material derived from captured small bodies. The Martian moons' dynamics over the age of the solar system is becoming better understood now.
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