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One Asteroid Strike May Have Reshaped an Entire Martian Moon


mpact may have carved Deimos, buried its surface in debris, and reshaped the entire Martian moon. An international team led by the University of Bern has found evidence that a single asteroid collision may have dramatically reshaped Deimos, the smaller of Mars’ two moons, and produced its unusually smooth, dusty surface.

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