POLL: Where did Phobos & Deimos come from?

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Where did the Mars moons Phobos & Deimos come from?

  • Captured asteroids from the Asteroid Belt?

    Votes: 12 54.5%

  • Formed around Mars from the original Accretion Disk.

    Votes: 2 9.1%

  • Formed around Mars from debris ejected from Mars by massive impacts?

    Votes: 5 22.7%

  • Different origins, ie, Phobos formed around Mars, Deimos a captured asteroid?

    Votes: 3 13.6%
  • Total voters
    22
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Some more Phobos imagery from ESA Mars Express on the Planetary Image Atlas.





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Andrew Brown.
 
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