[RadioAstronomer]

Doesn't one of Mars moons orbit the opposite of basically the entire universe? Clockwise?

Uhhhh.... Nope

Phobos: 28 km long & 20 km wide
Deimos: 16 km long & 10 km wide
Orbits at about 3 and 7 planetary radii
(Earth's Moon orbits at about 60 radii)
Both orbit synchronously
tidally locked, like the Moon
Both orbit prograde direction
Phobos orbits in 7 hours 59 minutes
Deimos orbits in 30 hours 18 minutes

[jwalsh07]

Well, we have had the Man on the Moon for a long time, it's about time we got a Bronc Rider on Mars.

[Salman]

Phobos orbits in 7 hours 59 minutes
Deimos orbits in 30 hours 18 minutes

He's half right. Phobos orbits faster than one Martian day, so it would appear to go in the opposite direction from Deimos, as seen from the surface of Mars.

[jwh_Denver]

Uhhhh.... Nope

Thanks for the correction. I read that in a book back in the 60's. One of those "Chariots of the Gods" type books. Let's not pretend I wasn't young and stupid. I just wonder how much smarter if any I've gotten!