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Mars has two moons the size of Earth s Moon.

Why it is true

Mars has two very small moons, Phobos and Deimos, with diameters of only 22 and 12 kilometres, respectively. They are probably captured asteroids and have irregular shapes, unlike Earth s Moon.

Source: NASA

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