Friday, December 23, 2005

S^2: New Moons and Rings around Planet Uranus

CNN Uncut

Pictures taken from the Hubble Space Telescope show that the planet Uranus has two additional moons and faint rings never observed before.


Like many other moons of Uranus, these have also been named after characters in Shakespeare. They are called Mab (after Queen Mab, the subject of a famous speech by Mercutio, a character in Romeo and Juliet) and Cupid (also, a character in the lesser known play - Timon of Athens). These bring the total number of satellites orbiting Uranus to 27.

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