GK
GENERAL SCIENCE
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venus
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uranus
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mars
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saturn
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. Both are believed to be captured asteroids.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mars has two moons called Phobos and Deimos. The planet Mars is named after the Roman god of war. As such the moons are called Phobos, which means ‘fear’ or ‘panic’, and Deimos, meaning ‘terror’ or ‘dread’. The moons were discovered in 1877, and there is still much debate about where they came from.
Detailed explanation-3: -Phobos and Deimos (moons of Mars) Mars has two small moons: Phobos and Deimos. Phobos (fear) and Deimos (panic) were named after the horses that pulled the chariot of the Greek war god Ares, the counterpart to the Roman war god Mars. Both Phobos and Deimos were discovered in 1877 by American astronomer Asaph Hall.