Undiscovered Moons May Lurk in Our Own Solar System

Image Courtesy of seeker.com
Image Courtesy of seeker.com

By Elizabeth Howell, Seeker.com, November 4, 2016 

Uranus may have small, undiscovered moons and there are likely more to be found elsewhere.

In the 1970s and 1980s, NASA sent twin spacecraft — Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 — on a quest to explore the solar system. Both probes zoomed by Jupiter and Saturn, and Voyager 2 continued on to see Uranus and Neptune.

The spacecraft made many discoveries, including finding several moons at each system. But long after Voyager 2 left Uranus behind in 1989, and with fewer spacecraft exploring the outer solar system, we are still finding new satellites.

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