INQUIRER.net: NASA finds new moon on Neptune

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NASA finds new moon on Neptune Jul 16th 2013, 00:47 WASHINGTON—A tiny new moon has been spotted circling Neptune— the 14th known to be orbiting the faraway planet, the US space agency said on Monday.   The moon is the smallest ever glimpsed around Neptune and measures just about 12 miles (19 kilometers) across, based on observations from the Hubble Space telescope, NASA said.   Neptune is the farthest planet from the Sun, and NASA said the moon, named S/2004 N1, is about 100 million times fainter than the dimmest star that can be seen with the naked eye.   Astronomers found the moon by tracking a white dot that appeared repeatedly in more than 150 photos taken by Hubble from 2004 to 2009.  ... Keep on reading: NASA finds new moon on Neptune Media files: Neptune-new-moon.jpg (image/jpeg)

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