Open AccessNew Tiny Moon of Neptune Discovered
Author(s) -
Kimberly Cartier
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo116581
Subject(s) - neptune , astrobiology , astronomy , new moon , geology , physics , planet
The moon’s size and orbit point to it being the remnant of a collision with Neptune’s moon Proteus.