After 40 years of solar system exploration by spacecraft, the origin of Mars's satellites, remains vexingly unknown. There are three prevailing hypotheses concerning their origin: H1: They are captured small bodies from the outer main belt or beyond; H2: They are reaccreted Mars impact ejecta; H3: They are remnants of Mars' formation. There are many variants of these hypotheses, but as stated, these three capture the key ideas and constraints on their nature. So far, data and modeling have not allowed any one of these hypotheses to be verified or excluded. Each one of these hypotheses has important implications for the evolution of the solar system, the formation and evolution of planets and satellites, and the delivery of water and organics to Early Mars and Early Earth. Determining the origin of Phobos and Deimos is identified by the NASA and the NRC Decadal Survey as the most important science goal at these bodies.


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    Title :

    PADME (Phobos And Deimos and Mars Environment): A Proposed NASA Discovery Mission to Investigate the Two Moons of Mars


    Contributors:
    P. Lee (author) / M. Benna (author) / W. Grundy (author) / W. Harris (author) / B. Hermalyn (author) / B. Hine (author) / M. Horanyi (author) / B. Lewis (author) / L. Lim (author) / P. Mahaffy (author)

    Publication date :

    2015


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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