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Phobos
In
Greek mythology
,
Phobos
is one of the sons of
Ares
(
Mars
) and
Aphrodite
(
Venus
). "Phobos" is
Greek
for "fear," the root word of "
phobia
".
Phobos
is the largest and innermost of
Mars
' two
moonss
.
The
Phobos program
consisted of two
unmanned probes
, Phobos 1 and Phobos 2, sent to Mars by the Soviet Union.