NASA's Hubble Discovers Another Moon Around Pluto
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope discovered a fourth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The tiny, new satellite -- temporarily designated P4 -- was uncovered in a Hubble survey searching for rings around the dwarf planet.
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