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3 tiny new moons found around Uranus and Neptune — and one is exceptionally tiny (www.space.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

at one point we have to realize theres an infinite number of small rocks orbiting any given planet

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why you gotta be so mean to my itty bitty moon brothers and sisters?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

The itty bitty satellite committee

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Does Earth also have such small orbiting rocks that are a few kilometers wide?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

No, we only have one moon. I think the gravity of the moon is too large for other moons to be in a stable orbit around Earth.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (3 children)

They really need to change the name to Urectum to end the jokes about how to pronounce it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Tbh no other language but English has the same problem. In some languages it is simply 'Uran', and it does not mean anything but Uran.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Urasshole

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Agreed, but knowing scientists that'll probably take at least 596 years to achieve.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

That's no moon that's a space station.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

i wonder if something that size would even have noticable gravity