Deimos
an ancient Greek personification of terror, a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
Astronomy. one of the two moons of Mars.
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How to use Deimos in a sentence
It seems construction on Deimos is moving along first, according to Musk’s tweet.
SpaceX Will Have an Offshore Spaceport Ready for Starship Launches as Soon as Next Year | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | June 3, 2021 | Singularity HubSpaceX’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.
SpaceX’s first ocean spaceport is being built and will host launches next year | Darrell Etherington | May 31, 2021 | TechCrunchWe had quickly overtaken and passed Deimos, far within her orbit.
Pharaoh's Broker | Ellsworth DouglassWe are only a few hundred miles away from Deimos, the outer one, and he is twelve thousand five hundred miles from Mars.
A Honeymoon in Space | George GriffithAs they crossed into the sunlit portion it became quite plain that Deimos, at any rate, was as airless and lifeless as the moon.
A Honeymoon in Space | George Griffith
An investigation machine was instantly dispatched from Deimos, and it maintained an acceleration of one thousand units.
The Last Evolution | John Wood CampbellEclipses of Deimos by the planet and occultations of it by the other satellite are very frequent.
To Mars via The Moon | Mark Wicks
British Dictionary definitions for Deimos
/ (ˈdeɪmɒs) /
the smaller of the two satellites of Mars and the more distant from the planet. Approximate diameter: 13 km: Compare Phobos
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Scientific definitions for Deimos
[ dē′mōs, dā′- ]
The satellite of Mars that is second in distance from the planet.
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