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Phobos (Ancient Greek: Φόβος, lit. 'flight, fright', [ 1 ] pronounced [pʰóbos] , Latin : Phobus ) is the god and personification of fear and panic in Greek mythology . Phobos was the son of Ares and Aphrodite , and the brother of Deimos .
The timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites charts the progress of the discovery of new bodies over history. Each object is listed in chronological order of its discovery (multiple dates occur when the moments of imaging, observation, and publication differ), identified through its various designations (including temporary and permanent schemes), and the ...
Phobos (/ ˈ f oʊ b ə s /; systematic designation: Mars I) is the innermost and larger of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Deimos. The two moons were discovered in 1877 by American astronomer Asaph Hall. Phobos is named after the Greek god of fear and panic, who is the son of Ares (Mars) and twin brother of Deimos.
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 ...
In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Phobetor (Ancient Greek: Φοβήτωρ; [1] 'Frightener' from Ancient Greek: φόβος, phobos, 'fear' 'panic'), [2] so called by men, or Icelos (Ancient Greek: Ἴκελος; 'Like'), [3] so called by the gods, is one of the thousand sons of Somnus (Sleep, the Roman counterpart of Hypnos). He appeared in dreams "in ...
The author of a number of inscriptions discovered near Nineveh. [68] 2 Kgs. 18:13, Is. 36:1: Shalmaneser V: King of Assyria 727–722: Mentioned on several royal palace weights found at Nimrud. [69] Another inscription was found that is thought to be his, but the name of the author is only partly preserved. [70] 2 Kgs. 17:3, 2 Kgs. 18:9 ...
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Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History, originally published as Chronological Chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History is a wallchart which graphically depicts a Biblical genealogy alongside a timeline composed of historic sources from the history of humanity from 4004 BC to modern times.