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Saturn's New Moons Named

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the huey-dewey-and-louie dept.

sebFlyte writes "The BBC is reporting that three new moons found orbiting Saturn at the end of last year have been named. 'Two moons detected in August have been given the names Methone and Pallene, while another found in October has been provisionally named Polydeuces.' Polydeuces is also reported as being a very strange object-- a trojan moon. It sits in a spot near a larger moon where the gravitational pull of the other moon (Dione here) and the planet cancel each other out."

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  1. Yikes! by Chris+Kamel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I claim Godfather!

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  2. Re:On the moon by Stalyn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    damn i wish i had mod points.. +1 ATHF reference

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