Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Naiad lost, now found...

Naiad lost, now found.  In 1989, the Voyager 2 robotic space probe discovered the inner-most moon of Neptune, dubbed Naiad.  After that, Earth-based observatories failed to find it – but now Naiad has been “found” again, in archival Hubble imagery.  It was about 80° ahead of its expected orbital position...

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