New Uranus Moon Discovered (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

New Uranus Moon Discovered

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Southwest Research Institute led a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) survey, discovering a previously unknown moon (circled) orbiting Uranus between its satellites Bianca and Ophelia. This image shows the tiny moon, designated S/2025 U1, as well as 13 of the 28 other known moons orbiting the planet. (The small moon Cordelia orbiting just inside the outermost ring is not visible here due to glare from the rings.) Due to the drastic differences in brightness levels, the image is a composite of three different treatments of the data, showing details about the planetary atmosphere, the surrounding rings and the orbiting moons.

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NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, M. El Moutamid (SwRI), M. Hedman (University of Idaho)

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