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The Hubble Space Telescope‘s keen eye has revealed a previously undetected moon orbiting Neptune. The July 1, 2013 discovery , 24 years after Voyager 2 swung by the icy-blue giant, expands the known retinue of circling moons to 14. Known only by its temporary designation —S/20044 N1—the tiny celestial piece of real estate measures no more than 12 miles (19 kilometers) across and appears to have escaped detection until now because of its extreme faintness and far flung orbit beyond the planet’s ring fragment system known as arcs. newswatch.nationalgeographic/2013/07/15/hubble-spots-new-moon-orbiting-neptune/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20130716ngnw-moonep&utm_campaign=Content
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 07:14:32 +0000

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