NASA has discovered a new moon around Uranus

So far Uranus, a seventh planet of the solar system and giant ice, had 28 satellites orbitant in its rings. Moreover, From his observation post at 1.5 million km from the earth. the James Webb space telescope (JWST) spotted a new little moon in orbit around Uranus, NASA announced on Tuesday. According to the American space agency, the new satellite seems to measure only ten kilometers in diameter. It was observed by the near infrared camera of the telescope during observations in February, explains theAssociated Press .

To explain this late discovery, scientists are advancing two reasons: nasa discovered new moon around new the low light and small size of this moon. nasa discovered new moon around Two sufficient causes to explain how she was able to escape the last examination. of the data taken by the Voyager 2 probe. the only one having approached the planet as much, almost 40 years ago, at just over 80,000 kilometers of its surface. Uranus had previously had 28 known moons. This last discovery moon, still without name, carries the total of the planet moons to 29.