1. Home
  2. Education
  3. Space / Astronomy
photo of Nick Greene

Nick's Space / Astronomy Blog

By Nick Greene, About.com Guide to Space / Astronomy since 1997

Cassini Uncovers Two New Saturn Moons

Tuesday August 17, 2004
It's a new moon.

No, I don't mean the phase of our moon, Luna, I mean a real new moon. Actually, there are 2 newly discovered moons orbiting that ringed planet, Saturn.

With eyes sharper than any that have peered at Saturn before, the Cassini spacecraft has uncovered two moons, which may be the smallest bodies so far seen around the ringed planet.

Read more...

Don't forget to read and/or post in our Forum.
Check out what's new in our New Space & Astronomy Pictures Section.

Comments

No comments yet. Leave a Comment

Leave a Comment

Line and paragraph breaks are automatic. Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title="">, <b>, <i>, <strike>

Explore Space / Astronomy

More from About.com

  1. Home
  2. Education
  3. Space / Astronomy

©2008 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.