Astronomers have discovered two unknown moons of Neptune and one of Uranus — in total, the planets have 16 and 28

News Science and space 02-27-2024 at 08:00 comment
Thanks to ground-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered three previously unknown satellites in the space around Uranus and Neptune: one orbiting Uranus and two around Neptune. Thus, the official number of Uranus’ satellites is 28, and Neptune’s is 16.

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