Re:Fear and terror (Score 1)

I think that the names phobos and deimos were selected by the IAU (International Astronomical Union) in an attempt to have some consistency, Mars of course being the god of war. The IAU continues to meet to select names for astronomical features, including topology on the different planets. Carl Sagan writes of having been at such a meeting where "Mons Veneris" was proposed for a particular mountain on Venus and he had to point out that that name was already taken.--TLB