wundergorund - by Marcia Dunn - Posted on Jul 16, 2013
This diagram provided by NASA shows the orbits of several moons located close to the planet Neptune. NASA announced the discovery of Neptune's 14th moon on Monday, July 15, 2013.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Chalk up one more moon for Neptune.
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NASA announced the discovery of Neptune's 14th moon Monday. The Hubble Space Telescope captured the moon as a white dot in photos of Neptune on the outskirts of our solar system.
The new moon - Neptune's tiniest at just 12 miles across - is designated S/2004 N 1.