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[quote]The Hubble space telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting Neptune, Nasa has confirmed.
Designated S/2004 N 1, this is the 14th known moon to circle the giant planet.
It also appears to be the smallest moon in the Neptunian system, measuring just 20 km (12 miles) across, completing one revolution around Neptune every 23 hours.
It is so small that the Voyager spacecraft failed to spot it in 1989 when it passed close by Neptune and surveyed the planet's system of moons and rings.[/quote]
Awesome. It's staggering to think of how much we have yet to learn about our own solar system.
When's shit too small to be called a moon and just becomes stupid space rock?
That's no moon...
Isn't basicly anything orbiting a planet a moon?
Name it Urectum.
[QUOTE=Riller;41474708]When's shit too small to be called a moon and just becomes stupid space rock?[/QUOTE]
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_satellite#The_definition_of_a_moon]It's vague[/url]
[QUOTE=Niklas;41474726]Isn't basicly anything orbiting a planet a moon?[/QUOTE]
Yep.
I was unaware Neptune had 13
I wonder what the size/mass threshhold required is for an object to be classified a planet/moon, etc. I mean, Pluto's smaller than Titan.
Anything natural orbiting a planet is a moon.
[QUOTE=Novangel;41474900]Anything natural orbiting a planet is a moon.[/QUOTE]
Or a natural non-moony satellite.
[QUOTE=Novangel;41474900]Anything natural orbiting a planet is a moon.[/QUOTE]
Not necessarily. If that were the case, the moons of Saturn and Jupiter would number in the millions, at least.
[QUOTE=archangel125;41475352]Not necessarily. If that were the case, the moons of Saturn and Jupiter would number in the millions, at least.[/QUOTE]
They quite possibly do, since the larger rocks in the rings are called Moonlets.
[QUOTE=JeanLuc761;41474697]Awesome. It's staggering to think of how much we have yet to learn about our own solar system.[/QUOTE]
we dont even know shit about most of the ocean
Now to wait for Squad to add it so we can send some Kerbals to it.
:v:
[QUOTE=Riller;41474708]When's shit too small to be called a moon and just becomes stupid space rock?[/QUOTE]
We can just call them satellites.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;41475469]We can just call them satellites.[/QUOTE]
Natural satellite are moons though.
[quote]A natural satellite, or [B]moon,[/B] is a celestial body that orbits another body, e.g. a planet, which is called its primary.[/quote]
keep this away from the International Astronomical Union or they'll call it a dwarf moon
I think moonlet sounds pretty fitting for something this small.
Imagine a planet orbiting a planet
Why do planets need moons? So they have something to orbit them?
imagine a double planet orbiting a double planet
[QUOTE=butre;41478225]imagine a double planet orbiting a double planet[/QUOTE]
imagine a solar system with double everything
[QUOTE=smurfy;41474730][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_satellite#The_definition_of_a_moon]It's vague[/url][/QUOTE]
Imagine walking around one of those oblong moons lengthwise and having gravity change constantly
[QUOTE=Joazzz;41478234]imagine a solar system with double everything[/QUOTE]
imagine a double solar system orbiting a double solar system
[QUOTE=BCell;41478223]Why do planets need moons? So they have something to orbit them?[/QUOTE]
they get lonely
cool
[QUOTE=Hick2;41478048]I think moonlet sounds pretty fitting for something this small.[/QUOTE]
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I have yet to see one outsmart [i]moonlet[/i].
[QUOTE=butre;41478257]imagine a double solar system orbiting a double solar system[/QUOTE]
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