Can Moons Have Moons? Or Rings? Could A Moon Of Pluto Have A Moonlet?

Friday, April 17, 2015 - 12:20 in Astronomy & Space

This is a great question which someone recently asked on Quora - and the answer takes through a number of fascinating areas of astronomy.  New Horizons will soon reach Pluto, and is expected to find new moons and possibly a ring system. Could it find a moon of a moon? Or a moon with rings? Or, is that impossible? read more

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