November 01, 2005

New neighbors.

Posted by apostropher

The Hubble Telescope has just detected what are likely the second and third moons of Pluto, making it the first Kuiper Belt object to be confirmed as having multiple satellites. About 20% of Kuiper Belt bodies have been confirmed to have orbiting satellites, though the actual number is likely higher.

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