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Two New Saturnian Moons

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the heavenly-bodies dept.

Mixel writes "NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which has been orbiting saturn since the 30th of June has uncovered two previously unknown bodies. 'The moons are approximately 3 kilometers (2 miles) and 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) across -- smaller than the city of Boulder, Colorado.' The Huygens probe will be deployed to the large (bigger than Mercury!) yet mysterious moon, Titan, in December."

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  1. olbigatory quote by m1kesm1th · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thats no moon...

    sorry, sorry... I'll get my quote, I mean coat.

    1. Re:olbigatory quote by skyman8081 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Thats no moon...

      sorry, sorry... I'll get my quote, I mean coat.

      you mean This moon?
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  2. Smaller than Boulder... by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...but bigger than Little Rock?

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  3. OMG! by BollocksToThis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Extra! Extra! Scientists find two tiny rocks millions of miles away! Many surprised they haven't been seen before now!

    An artists sketch of the new moons as seen from Earth through a high-powered telescope is shown here

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