Topic: Two new moons around Pluto

[Sonia]

Hubble spies companions further out than Charon.

The Hubble space telescope spotted two new moons orbiting pluto. If confirmed, the moons will join Charon, which was discovered by ground based observers in 1978.
With three satellites, Pluto will be the first body in the Kuiper belt to have more than one moon.
The new moons are twice as far away from pluto as Charon.
Another Kuiper Belt object has also recently been found to have a moon. Xena, which is larger than Pluto, was originally discovered by Brown of Caltech. Brown discoeverd Xenas moon using the observatory 10m (33ft) Keck Observatory.

www.gps.caltech.edu

[piersdad]

thats not fair we only have one moon and most of the other palnets have more than one
mind you some have none 
 its interesting what they discover now that more powerfull scopes are around
Postet at: December 02, 2005, 05:24:55 PMrecent news is that they are planning to orbit some moons on jupiter?
it will be about 10 years from now