Accretion of Phobos and Deimos in an extended debris disc stirred by transient moons

Mars has two small moons that may have formed in the aftermath of a giant impact. Simulations suggest that Phobos and Deimos accreted from the disperse outer region of the debris disc that was stirred up by short-lived larger moons.

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