3 tiny new moons found around Uranus and Neptune — and one is exceptionally tiny : astronomy

[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

[deleted]

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why you gotta be so mean to my itty bitty moon brothers and sisters?

[–] Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

The itty bitty satellite committee

[–] elmicha@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Does Earth also have such small orbiting rocks that are a few kilometers wide?

[–] Bumblefumble@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

No, we only have one moon. I think the gravity of the moon is too large for other moons to be in a stable orbit around Earth.

[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

They really need to change the name to Urectum to end the jokes about how to pronounce it

[–] banghida@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Tbh no other language but English has the same problem. In some languages it is simply 'Uran', and it does not mean anything but Uran.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Agreed, but knowing scientists that'll probably take at least 596 years to achieve.

[–] TotalFat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Urasshole

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

That's no moon that's a space station.

[–] _NetNomad@kbin.run 5 points 2 years ago

i wonder if something that size would even have noticable gravity

Astronomy