Animation - the Martian moon Deimos crosses the surface of Mars
Animation - the Martian moon Deimos crosses the surface of Mars
Martian moon Deimos seen crossing the face of Mars in this sequence of Asteroid Framing Camera images acquired during the Hera mission's 12 March 2025 gravity-assist flyby of Mars.
The car-sized Hera spacecraft was about 1000 kilometres away from Hera as these images were acquired. Deimos orbits approximately 23,500 kilometres from the surface of Mars and is tidally locked, so that this side of the moon is rarely seen.