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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Ian Sample Science editor

Passing probe captures images of mysterious Mars moon

Image of Mars with relatively small space rock in front of it
Dust-covered Deimos is about 8 miles wide and tidally locked with Mars. Photograph: European Space Agency

A European spacecraft has taken photos of Mars’s smaller and more mysterious second moon during its flight past the planet en route to a pair of asteroids more than 110m miles (177m km) away.

The Hera probe activated a suite of instruments to capture images of the red planet and Deimos, a small and lumpy 8-mile-wide moon, which orbits Mars along with the 14-mile-wide Phobos.

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