Mars' Moons
Mars has two moons named Phobos and Deimos. Both of these moons were discovered at the same time by an American astronomer named Asaph Hall while he was exploring Mars in a telescope in the U.S Naval Observatory in Washington DC on August 12th,1877. These two moons are both irregular in shape and are believed to be asteroids that were caught by Mars' gravitational pull.
Phobos:
Phobos is the moon closest to mars with a measurement of 9380 km and it is biggest between both of the moons. It is the closest moon to its planet in the entire Solar System. Due to Phobos' close distance from the sun it takes this moon 7 hours to completely orbit Mars! Phobos was named after a Roman God named fear and according to Greek Mythology was one of the sons of Ares. Phobos is also the son of Aphrodite who Venus is named after. It is only 17 miles in length. According to scientists, Phobos may crash into Mars resulting that Mars' gravitational pull is bringing it closer to Mars but this only will happen in 10 million years time so there is nothing to worry about now.
Deimos:
Deimos is the second and last moon away from Mars. This moon of Mars is 23,460 km away from Mars which means that Phobos and Deimos are 14, 080 km apart in distance. It is known that it is currently the smallest moon in the entire Solar System with a length of 11 km. Deimos is also the son of Ares and Aphrodite according to Greek Mythology and was also known as the Roman God of Terror. Due to Deimos' far distance from the sun it takes 30 hours to finish its orbit around Mars.