Naming of moons to as "Proserpina". More recently, especially in science-fictional contexts, the Moon has been called by the Latin name "Luna", presumably on the analogy of the Latin names of the planets, or by association with the adjectival form "lunar". In technical terminology, the word-stems "seleno-" (from Greek "selēnē" "moon") and "cynthi-" (from "Cynthia", an epithet of the goddess Artemis) are sometimes used to refer to the Moon, as in "selenography, selenology," and "pericynthion." The moons of Mars (Phobos and Deimos) were named by Asaph Hall in 1878, soon after he discovered them. They are named after the sons of the god
Transit of Phobos from Mars transit of Phobos from Mars usually lasts only thirty seconds or so, due to the moon's very rapid orbital period of about 7.6 hours. Because Phobos orbits close to Mars and in line with its equator, transits of Phobos occur somewhere on Mars on most days of the Martian year. Its orbital inclination is 1.08°, so the latitude of its shadow projected onto the Martian surface shows a seasonal variation, moving from 70.4°S to 70.4°N and back again over the course of a Martian year. Phobos is so close to Mars that it is not visible south of 70.4°S or