In the first photos of this side of Dimus it is possible to notice a small number of craters and that the surface is smooth and covered with dust
The Emirates Mars spacecraft HOPE photographed for the first time on 10.3.2023 the hidden side of the Martian moon Dimos.
Deimos, the tiny Martian moon, shows Mars only one side of it, so from the point of view of Mars, its other side is hidden, similar to the Earth's moon. Like Mars' second moon Phobos, Deimos also lacks a spherical shape. If we want a secretary
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Due to the orbit of the spacecraft, it is the only one of all the spacecraft orbiting Mars that managed to photograph the other side of this moon when it passed near it. Lunar measurements were made from the infrared to the ultraviolet. The first conclusion reached is that the chemical composition of the surface is similar to the surface of Mars. Which strengthens the argument that the origin of Mars and this moon is from the same material.
In the first photos of this side of Dimus it is possible to notice a small number of craters and that the surface is smooth and covered with dust. It is expected that in the future studies will be done that will compare previous photographs of Deimos showing the visible side of Mars with the hidden side, will compare the composition of the soil on both sides and will also compare with other tiny moons of the same size that surround the gaseous planets photographed for example by the Cassini spacecraft.
There is a possibility here to develop a new field of research and that is tiny moons.
For the article in Nature
