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Re:Hubble Finds New Neptune Moon by T-hawk on Monday July 15, 2013 @06:32PM (#6048960)
Well, Neptune is in the top three most likely places to find more moons. Jupiter and Saturn have been pretty well mined out by the orbiters Galileo and Cassini, and we can see the inner solar system pretty well from right here on earth. But Uranus and Neptune were visited for just one quick flyby each, and Pluto never yet until 2015, so there's plenty of opportunities to have missed stuff there.
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Re:Hubble Finds New Neptune Moon by ecto on Monday July 15, 2013 @09:25PM (#6049533)
I didn't know about the Pluto mission until your comment prompted me to search for it. Link for the curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons
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Re:Hubble Finds New Neptune Moon by venomsnake on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @03:03AM (#6050369)
It is good to see NASA getting back in shape. Moving science and technology forward just for the sake of it is rare and noble.
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Re:Hubble Finds New Neptune Moon by icambron on Monday July 15, 2013 @09:23PM (#6049529)
Two moons of Jupiter were found in 2011, and also two in 2010. So we're going strong there too.
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