Impact Simulations Shed Light on the Elusive Origin of Mars' Two Moons (2 of 2) (VIDEO)

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Simulation of an impact into Mars that can produce its small moons, Phobos and Deimos. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 18 April 2018, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by R. Canup at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo., and colleagues was titled, "Origin of Phobos and Deimos by the impact of a Vesta-to-Ceres sized body with Mars."

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[Credit: Robin Canup, Southwest Research Institute]

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