Abstract

Phobos and Deimos, the two moons of Mars, are believed to have originated in the fragmentation of a primordial body while in a synchronous orbit between 1 and 2.7 × 109 years ago. The recession of Deimos to its current position is consistent with the hypothesis that cosmological expansion, as described by the Hubble velocity‐distance relationship, operates at the local level.

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