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July 24, 2007
Saturn Has A "New" Moon
A new moon has been discovered orbiting Saturn - bringing the planet's latest moon tally up to 60.The body was spotted in a series of images taken by cameras onboard the Cassini spacecraft.
Initial calculations suggest the moon is about 2km-wide (1.2 miles) and its orbit sits between those of two other Saturnian moons, Methone and Pallene.
The Cassini Imaging Team, who found the object, said Saturn's moon count could rise further still.
The moon appears as a dim speck in images taken by the Cassini probe's wide-angle camera on 30 May 2007.
Professor Carl Murray, a Cassini Imaging Team scientist from Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL), said: "After initially detecting this extremely faint object, we carried out an exhaustive search of all Cassini images to date and were able to find further detections."
Not really "new" in the true sense of the word, but newly discovered none the less. I wonder what else they will find?
Found via the BBC.
Posted by Dianne at July 24, 2007 2:40 PM
Comments
That's a lot of moons.
Posted by: Veronica at July 25, 2007 5:38 PM
Kind of makes our one pale in comparison a bit.
Posted by: Dianne at July 25, 2007 7:22 PM