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Actor Barry Morse, who stars in this episode, states in his autobiography [1] that this was a possible pilot for a forthcoming science-fiction comedy series, which after being rejected was broadcast as an Outer Limits episode. A contemporary press review of the episode bears at least part of this story out, identifying "Controlled Experiment ...
Asaph Hall discovered Deimos on 12 August 1877 at about 07:48 UTC and Phobos on 18 August 1877, at the US Naval Observatory (the Old Naval Observatory in Foggy Bottom) in Washington, D.C., at about 09:14 GMT (contemporary sources, using the pre-1925 astronomical convention that began the day at noon, [16] give the time of discovery as 11 August ...
Deimos (/ ˈ d aɪ m ə s /; systematic designation: Mars II) [11] is the smaller and outer of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Phobos. Deimos has a mean radius of 6.2 km (3.9 mi) and takes 30.3 hours to orbit Mars. [5] Deimos is 23,460 km (14,580 mi) from Mars, much farther than Mars's other moon, Phobos. [12]
Deimos and Phobos Interior Explorer (DePhine) is a European mission concept to use a dedicated orbiter to explore the two moons of Mars: Phobos and Deimos. The mission concept was proposed in 2016 to the European Space Agency 's Cosmic Vision programme for launch in 2030, [ 1 ] but it was not chosen as a finalist for the M5 mission class.
Deimos and Phobos debuted in a Silver Age story written and illustrated by Mike Sekowsky in 1969's Wonder Woman #183. Aiding their father (who was then known in DC Comics’ continuity as "Mars") alongside Eris (presented here as their aunt) [ 4 ] the brothers led a powerful demonic army known as the "Beast Men" in a bid to conquer the Amazons ...
Later in the work, Phobos and Deimos act as Ares's charioteers to battle the god Dionysus during his war against the Indians. [ 7 ] In the Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus , the seven warriors slaughter a bull over a black shield and then "...touching the bull's gore with their hands they swore an oath by Ares, by Enyo , and by Rout [Phobos ...
The poet Antimachus, in a misrepresentation of Homer's account, portrays Deimos and Phobos as the horses of Ares. [7] In Nonnus' Dionysiaca, Zeus arms Phobos with lightning and Deimos with thunder to frighten Typhon. [8] Later in the work, Phobos and Deimos act as Ares' charioteers to battle Dionysus during his war against the Indians. [9]
The Fifth Doctor comic strip story The Moderator features a reference to Phobos at the start of part 2. The Eighth Doctor visits Mars' other moon in Deimos . The Doctor, when showing the entity his own fears, mentions his fears of the future, and the fears of things that he sees he himself might have to do.