List of features on Phobos and Deimos (original) (raw)
Phobos and Deimos are small moons of Mars and therefore have only a select few surface features named. Here are some lists of those names.
Phobos
Craters (named for astronomers)
- D'Arrest - after Heinrich Ludwig d'Arrest (1822-1875)
- Hall - after Asaph Hall (1829-1908), who discovered the moons of Mars
- Roche - after Edouard Roche
- Sharpless - after Bevan Sharpless (1904-1950)
- Stickney - after Angeline Stickney (d. 1938), wife of Asaph Hall
- Todd - after David Todd (1845-1912)
- Wendell - after Oliver Wendell (1845-1912)
Ridges
- Kepler Dorsum - after Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)
Deimos
Craters (named for writers who mentioned "two moons" of Mars before they were discovered)
- Swift - after Jonathan Swift
- Voltaire - after pen name of Fran�ois-Marie Arouet