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.
| 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.
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A Trip Into Space  Mars Satellites Mars' Satellite Deimos - Craters And Streaks |
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| See also: Mars' Satellite Deimos From 1,400 Km |   |
Close-up image of Mars' satellite Deimos from the Viking 2 Orbiter showing craters and associated streaks. The streaks run from upper right to lower left, and may have been formed by the base surge "wind" of an impacting meteoroid. The image is about 1.3 km across and north is at 11:30. (Viking Orbiter 423B62)
Last Update: 2004-Nov-27