Large Impact Theory
The Large Impact Theory brings upon the idea that Mars has suffered a large collision. Just like how the Earth's moon is the result of an immpact between our infant planet and a planetisimal named Theia.
With this theory, astronomers suggest that the composition of Phobos and Deimos may have originated from Mars itself, so therefore this must have happened, but we can only truly say that up until today this is only a theory.
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