Mars is orbited by two tiny moons Phobos and Deimos. Unlike Earth’s round Moon, these moons are small, irregularly shaped, and may be captured asteroids. Phobos is slowly moving closer to Mars and will one day break apart, creating a ring around the planet. #NASA #SpaceX #mars | Space Journey

Awesome Mars moon Phobos Electric Charging ! Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. Both are small, airless bodies with irregular shapes. Because they lack protective atmospheres and magnetospheres, Phobos and Deimos are directly exposed to the solar wind for part of their orbits. The solar wind is a stream of electrically charged particles constantly blowing off the surface of the sun at about a million miles per hour; as it collides with the moons, it is thought to create complex electrical en