New York – The webb space telescope has spotted a new little orbitant moon from Uranus.
The new member of the lunar gang, announced Tuesday by NASA, seems to have only six miles (10 kilometers) wide. He was spotted by the near infrared camera of the telescope during the observations in February.
Scientists believe that he hid for so long – even by escaping the spacecraft traveling 2 during his overview about 40 years ago – due to his bankruptcy and his small size.
Uranus has 28 known moons that bear the names of characters from Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. About half are smaller and orbit the planet at a closer range. This last addition, still unnamed, increases the total number of moon on the planet to 29.
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