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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

3 tiny new moons found around Uranus and Neptune — and one is exceptionally tiny

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3 tiny new moons found around Uranus and Neptune — and one is exceptionally tiny

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago
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Two will be named after sea gods and nymphs and the other will be named for a Shakespearean character.
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    • maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone
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      Why you gotta be so mean to my itty bitty moon brothers and sisters?

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        The itty bitty satellite committee

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      Does Earth also have such small orbiting rocks that are a few kilometers wide?

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        No, we only have one moon. I think the gravity of the moon is too large for other moons to be in a stable orbit around Earth.

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    They really need to change the name to Urectum to end the jokes about how to pronounce it

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      Tbh no other language but English has the same problem. In some languages it is simply ‘Uran’, and it does not mean anything but Uran.

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      Urasshole

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    That’s no moon that’s a space station.

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    i wonder if something that size would even have noticable gravity

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