Natural Satellite
Deimos
Deimos is currently about 280,376,635 kilometres from Earth, or 1.874 astronomical units, which puts a one-way radio signal 15.6 minutes out. It is 1.514 astronomical units from the Sun.
The smaller, outer moon of Mars. A smooth-looking dusty body, likely a captured asteroid.
Imaged at close range by the Hope orbiter in 2023.
Right now
- Distance from Earth
- 280,376,635 km (1.874 AU)
- Distance from the Sun
- 226,462,110 km (1.514 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 15.6 minutes
The body
- Mean radius
- 6 km
- Orbital radius
- 23,463 km
- Orbital period
- 1.26 days