One Asteroid Strike May Have Reshaped an Entire Martian Moon
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“Researchers suggest that a single, massive asteroid impact is responsible for the unusually smooth, debris-covered surface of Deimos, one of Mars' two moons. This collision likely reshaped the moon's entire structure.”
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