Deimos

[ dahy-mos ]

/ ˈdaɪ mɒs /

an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.

Astronomy. one of the two moons of Mars.

Example sentences from the Web for deimos

Kit and Astro immediately took charge of getting the bulky boxlike chamber back to Deimos where it could be opened safely.

Treachery in Outer Space |Carey Rockwell and Louis Glanzman
We are only a few hundred miles away from Deimos, the outer one, and he is twelve thousand five hundred miles from Mars.

A Honeymoon in Space |George Griffith
He suggested that they consider their requests while his ship attempted to tow them in to Deimos.

This World Must Die! |Horace Brown Fyfe
It was soon found that the first, Deimos, completes its orbit in 30h.

History of Astronomy |George Forbes

We will slip in behind Deimos, not too far away, and pick you up afterward to land you on Mars.

This World Must Die! |Horace Brown Fyfe

Deimos

/ (ˈdeɪmɒs) /

the smaller of the two satellites of Mars and the more distant from the planet. Approximate diameter: 13 km Compare Phobos

Deimos

[ dē′mōs, dā′- ]

The satellite of Mars that is second in distance from the planet.