Deimos

[ dahy-mos ]

noun

1. an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
2. Astronomy. one of the two moons of Mars.

Deimos

/ ˈdeɪmɒs /

noun

1. the smaller of the two satellites of Mars and the more distant from the planet. Approximate diameter: 13 km Compare Phobos

Deimos

/ dē′mōs,dā′- /

1. The satellite of Mars that is second in distance from the planet.

Example Sentences

It seems construction on Deimos is moving along first, according to Musk’s tweet.

From Singularity Hub 

SpaceX’s purchase of the two rigs at the beginning of this year was for the creation of Deimos and Phobos, two floating spaceports named after the moons of Mars.

From TechCrunch

We had quickly overtaken and passed Deimos, far within her orbit.

From Project Gutenberg

We are only a few hundred miles away from Deimos, the outer one, and he is twelve thousand five hundred miles from Mars.

From Project Gutenberg

As they crossed into the sunlit portion it became quite plain that Deimos, at any rate, was as airless and lifeless as the moon.

From Project Gutenberg

An investigation machine was instantly dispatched from Deimos, and it maintained an acceleration of one thousand units.

From Project Gutenberg

Eclipses of Deimos by the planet and occultations of it by the other satellite are very frequent.

From Project Gutenberg