Deimos
an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
Astronomy. one of the two moons of Mars.
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How to use Deimos in a sentence
We had quickly overtaken and passed Deimos, far within her orbit.
Pharaoh's Broker | Ellsworth DouglassWe 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 GriffithAs they crossed into the sunlit portion it became quite plain that Deimos, at any rate, was as airless and lifeless as the moon.
A Honeymoon in Space | George GriffithAn investigation machine was instantly dispatched from Deimos, and it maintained an acceleration of one thousand units.
The Last Evolution | John Wood CampbellEclipses of Deimos by the planet and occultations of it by the other satellite are very frequent.
To Mars via The Moon | Mark Wicks
British Dictionary definitions for Deimos
/ (ˈdeɪmɒs) /
the smaller of the two satellites of Mars and the more distant from the planet. Approximate diameter: 13 km: Compare Phobos
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Scientific definitions for Deimos
[ dē′mōs, dā′- ]
The satellite of Mars that is second in distance from the planet.
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