Astronomer discovers Neptunian moon in Hubble data
Posted: Tue, Jul 16, 2013, 7:13 AM ET (1113 GMT)
A planetary astronomer has found a previously-unknown moon orbiting Neptune in archival images of the distant planet taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Mark Showalter spotted the moon, designated S/2004 N1, in 150 Hubble images of Neptune taken between 2004 and 2009. The moon, the 14th to be discovered orbiting Neptune, is no more than 20 kilometers across and orbits about 105,000 kilometers from the planet.
A planetary astronomer has found a previously-unknown moon orbiting Neptune in archival images of the distant planet taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Mark Showalter spotted the moon, designated S/2004 N1, in 150 Hubble images of Neptune taken between 2004 and 2009. The moon, the 14th to be discovered orbiting Neptune, is no more than 20 kilometers across and orbits about 105,000 kilometers from the planet.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Saturday, August 15
NASA announces MAX POWER airshow at Kennedy Space Center
Spectrum News — 7:55 am ET (1155 GMT) NASA reveals MAX POWER airshow at Kennedy Space Center: What to know
WOFL-TV Orlando — 7:55 am ET (1155 GMT) NASA Astronaut Whose Health Scare Led to I.S.S. Evacuation Has Retired
New York Times — 7:54 am ET (1154 GMT) Isaacman “Extremely Confident” Artemis III Will Launch in 2027
SpacePolicyOnline.com — 7:52 am ET (1152 GMT) Policy experts: Europe stuck between “rock and a hard place” on launch
Ars Technica — 7:51 am ET (1151 GMT) |
