Uranus might have unseen moons

[Waspie_Dwarf]

Uranus might have two dark moons we’ve never seen before

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Uranus may have two small moons that no one has ever seen, orbiting closer to the planet than any of its other satellites and making wavy patterns in the planet’s rings.

The ice giant has 27 known moons, far fewer than the 67 and 62 of its neighbours Jupiter and Saturn, respectively. Uranus is a smaller planet, which may explain the difference.

  Read More: New Scientist

 

[paperdyer]

Hopefully a great find.  Good old V'ger! I hope "Moonlets" doesn't stick. We need to find politically correct ways to name these smaller than normal cestrial objects  before a law suit happens.  Though it would be ludicrous, stranger things have happened in US courts.

[Waspie_Dwarf]

57 minutes ago, paperdyer said:

We need to find politically correct ways to name these smaller than normal cestrial objects  before a law suit happens.

There is already a system to name these moons. All moons of Uranus are named after characters from the plays of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.

1 hour ago, paperdyer said:

Though it would be ludicrous, stranger things have happened in US courts.

It has nothing to do with the US courts. Naming of celestial bodies is the domain of the International Astronomical Union. 

[White Unicorn]

Isn't it a theory of moon creation, that the rings around a gaseous planet coglulate materials to form moonlets? It would be an ongoing process.

[aquatus1]

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[paperdyer]

Sorry - Just trying to explain my point