Tiny New Moon Found Orbiting Neptune [1]

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.

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