This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Mars' Satellite Deimos From 1,400 Km

Viking 2 Orbiter image of the Martian satellite Deimos taken from 1400 km. Deimos appears smooth, but higher resolution images taken during closer approaches show the surface is covered with craters, but many of these have been partially buried or subdued by regolith. Deimos is about 14 km from top to bottom in this image. (Viking Orbiter 413B83)

Last Update: 2004-Nov-27