Swift (Deimian crater)

Crater on Deimos

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]

## See also

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* Voltaire (crater)
* Moons of Mars
* Phobos (moon)
* Deimos (moon)

## References

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1. ^ "Swift". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature".
4. ^ MathPages - Galileo's Anagrams and the Moons of Mars.
5. ^ "Deimos!". Malin Space Science Systems. Retrieved 27 October 2007.

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Jonathan Swift

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* 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)

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* 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)

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* 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)

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* 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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