Voice of America: Astronomer Finds New Moon Orbiting Neptune

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Astronomer Finds New Moon Orbiting Neptune Jul 15th 2013, 22:59, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters) An astronomer studying archived images of Neptune taken by the Hubble Space Telescope has found a 14th moon orbiting the planet, NASA said on Monday.   Estimated to be about 12 miles (20 km) in diameter, the moon is located about 65,400 miles (105,251 km) from Neptune.   Astronomer Mark Showalter, with the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, was searching Hubble images for moons inside faint ring fragments circling Neptune when he decided to run his analysis program on a ... Media files: 86785621-E27F-4051-957F-1C299F5ED7DC_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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