Question

Phobos and Deimos are the natural satellites of which planet in the solar system?
(A) Mars
(B) Earth
(C) Neptune
(D) Saturn

Answer 1

Hint
The satellites of a planet are those that revolve around a planet in a certain orbit for example the moon revolves around the earth. From the given names we can see that the satellites given are the satellites of mars.

Complete step by step answer
Natural satellite is celestial bodies that revolve around much larger bodies in space. These natural satellites are also called moons and are used to identify all non-artificial satellites of planets or dwarf planets. In our solar system, there are six known planetary satellite systems containing 205 known natural satellites. Out of all the planets, Mercury and Venus have no moons at all.
The other large gas giants like Jupiter have an extensive number of moons and a few of them are comparable in size to our Moon.
Earth has only one large natural satellite that is our Moon. But Mars has two small satellites that are orbiting it.
These two satellites are named Phobos and Deimos.
So in the question we were asked, Phobos and Deimos are natural satellites of which planet, so the answer will be Mars.
Therefore, the correct answer is option (A).

Note
There are various effects that natural satellites have on their planets. Like our Moon’s gravity pulls the Earth causing rise and fall in the sea level which is termed as tides. An artificial satellite is an object that has been intentionally placed in an orbit. There are many uses for artificial satellites. They are used for communication, navigation, observing weather or even space.