Uranus Moon 18
Explanation:
The discovery was there for the taking. An image of
Uranus taken by
Voyager 2 as it passed the giant planet
13 years ago apparently recorded a moon
that had since gone unnoticed.
The image on which Uranus' 18th moon was discovered was
freely available from NASA.
Erich Karkoschka
(
U. Arizona)
noticed the moon when comparing a 1986 photo to a
recent one taken by the
Hubble Space Telescope.
The newly identified moon is hard to see but marked in the
above photograph. Also visible are many other
Uranian moons and background stars.
The moon is the 18th known around
Uranus, tying it with
Saturn for the most around any planet.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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