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Phobos and Deimos

These tiny moons of the planet Mars have been viewed from close up by the Mariner and Viking spacecraft. They provide the first glimpse of the nature of the smaller bodies of the solar system

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 236 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “Phobos and Deimos” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 236 No. 2 (), p. 30
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0277-30