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What does Phobos mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (Greek) A son of Ares (Mars). Also the Greek god of fear.
  2. (astronomy) The innermost natural satellite of Mars.
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On the ESA website you can find the latest results of the research on the Mars moon Phobos.
Their Phobos-Grunt mission will be the first to land on this strange moon, and, with luck, it will return to Earth with samples of Phobos.
Phobos 2 returns a number of interesting images of the Martian moon during its two months in orbit.
Phobos and Deimos are still largely unexplored despite many unanswered questions about their origin, composition, and structure.
Optech Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, will lead a team to develop a mission concept to explore Phobos, one of Mars' two moons.
Mars's two moons, Phobos and Deimos, are believed to be asteroids themselves that were captured by the Martian gravity.

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