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Categories: Mars' moons | Surface feature nomenclature of solar system bodies

List of features on Phobos and Deimos

This is a list of geological features on Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars.

Contents

1.1 Craters
1.2 Ridges

3 External links

Phobos

Craters

Phobosian craters are named after important astronomers.

D'Arrest	Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
Hall	Asaph Hall
Roche	Édouard Roche
Sharpless	Bevan Sharpless
Stickney	Angeline Stickney
Todd	David Peck Todd
Wendell	Oliver Wendell

Ridges

The only named ridge on Phobos is Kepler Dorsum , which is named after Johannes Kepler (1571-1630).

Deimos

Craters

The two named Deimosian craters are named after writers who mentioned "two moons" of Mars before they were discovered.

Swift	Jonathan Swift
Voltaire	François-Marie Arouet

External links

Categories: Mars' moons | Surface feature nomenclature of solar system bodies

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