Swift (Deimian crater)

Swift

Feature type	Impact crater
Location	12°30′N 358°12′W / 12.5°N 358.2°W / 12.5; -358.2^[1]
Dimensions	1 to 3 km (0.62 to 1.86 mi) across (depending on your source)
Naming	Jonathan Swift

Swift is an impact crater on Mars's moon Deimos. It is about 3 km (1.9 mi) in diameter.^[2]^[3] Swift is named after Jonathan Swift, whose 1726 book Gulliver's Travels predicted the existence of two moons of Mars.^[4] Swift is one of two named features on Deimos, the other being Voltaire. On 10 July 2006, Mars Global Surveyor took an image of Deimos from 22,985 km (14,282 mi) away showing Swift.^[5]

References

^ "Swift". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
^ Sheehan, William (1996). "Chapter 14: The Hurtling Moons of Mars". The Planet Mars: A History of Observation and Discovery. The University of Arizona. Bibcode:1996pmho.book.....S. Archived from the original on 2017-06-12. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
^ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature".
^ MathPages - Galileo's Anagrams and the Moons of Mars.
^ "Deimos!". Malin Space Science Systems. Retrieved 27 October 2007.

Atmosphere	Circulation Climate Dust devil tracks Methane
Regions	Arabia Terra Cerberus (Mars) Cydonia Eridania Lake Iani Chaos Olympia Undae Planum Australe Planum Boreum Quadrangles Sinus Meridiani Tempe Terra Terra Cimmeria Terra Sabaea Tharsis Undae Ultimi Scopuli Vastitas Borealis
Physical features	"Canals" (list) Canyons Catenae Chaos terrain Craters Fossae Gullies Mensae Labyrinthi Mountains by height Observed rocks Outflow channels Plains Valley network Valleys Gravity
Geology	Brain terrain Carbonates Chaos terrain Color Composition Concentric crater fill Dark slope streak Dichotomy Fretted terrain Geysers Glaciers Groundwater Gullies Lakes Lava tubes Lobate debris apron Marsquake Meteorites on Earth on Mars Mud cracks North Polar Basin Ocean hypothesis Ore resources Polar caps polar wander Recurring slope lineae (RSL) Ring mold craters Rootless cones Seasonal flows Soil Spherules Surface "Swiss cheese" feature Terrain softening Tharsis bulge Volcanism Water Yardangs
History	Amazonian Hesperian Noachian Observation history Classical albedo features

Moons	Phobos Stickney crater Limtoc crater Monolith Deimos Swift crater Voltaire crater
Transits	Solar eclipses on Mars Satellite transits Phobos Deimos Planetary transits Earth Mercury
Asteroids	Impacts Mars-crossers 2007 WD5 Trojans 5261 Eureka 1998 VF₃₁ 1999 UJ₇ 2007 NS₂
Comets	C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)
General	Orbit

Concepts	Flyby Orbiter Landing Rover Sample return Human mission Permanent settlement Colonization Terraforming
Missions	List of missions to Mars
Advocacy	The Mars Project The Case for Mars Inspiration Mars Foundation Mars Institute Mars Society Mars race

v t e Jonathan Swift
Sermons	Sermons of Jonathan Swift
Satires	Meditation Upon a Broomstick (1701) A Tale of a Tub (1704) The Battle of the Books (1704) Gulliver's Travels (1726–1727, 1735) A Modest Proposal (1729)
Essays	Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting (1706) An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1708) The Conduct of the Allies (1711) Drapier's Letters (1724/25) Directions to Servants (published 1745)
Miscellany	Isaac Bickerstaff writings (1708) The Examiner newspaper (1710–1714) "Cadenus and Vanessa" (1713 poem) "The Lady's Dressing Room" (1732 poem) A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation (1738) A Journal to Stella (published posthumously – 1766)
Related	Esther Johnson Esther Vanhomrigh Scriblerus Club Swift crater The House That Swift Built (1982 film) "The Reasons that Induced Dr. S. to Write a Poem Call'd the Lady's Dressing Room" (1734 poem)

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