Hubble Discovers 5th Moon of Pluto

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Stirling Newberry

on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @01:21PM

Stirling Newberry writes "This image shows "P5," the place holder name for a 5th natural moon of Pluto, a tiny sliver that orbits ~29,000 miles from its primary in a circular orbit. Other than Charon, Hubble has been the means of finding all of the known moons of Pluto."
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But only planets can have moons... (Score:1)

by niftymitch (1625721) writes:

But only planets can have moons don't ya know.
Perhaps moonlet is allowed but a distinction MUST be made.
Any other classification would be Goofy.
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  by JohnCub (56178) writes:
  
  Perhaps it could be called a "Minnie Moon"

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