Uranian rings, satellites and new moon (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Uranian rings, satellites and new moon

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A new SwRI-led JWST survey discovered S/2025 U 1 (approximate location indicated in yellow), a tiny moon orbiting Uranus between the satellites Bianca and Ophelia. If it has an albedo comparable to other nearby moons, this object is probably around six miles in diameter, by far the smallest moon in the Uranus system to date. The solid ellipses indicate rings, while the dotted lines show the orbits of many of the inner moons.

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