Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the presence of two new moons around the distant planet Pluto. The moons were first discovered by Hubble in May 2005, but the Pluto Companion Search team probed even deeper into the Pluto system with Hubble on Feb. 15 to look for additional satellites and to characterize the orbits of the moons. In the image, Pluto is in the center and Charon is just below it. The moons, provisionally designated S/2005 P 1 and S/2005 P 2, are located to the right of Pluto and Charon.
Publicado por Manuel 16:16:00
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8:44 da tarde, fevereiro 23, 2006
Será impressão minha, ou isto é humor do "mais fino" e ninguém se está a rir? :)11:49 da tarde, fevereiro 23, 2006Não senhor, o planetóide tem mesmo 3 satélites - eu vi...
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