Pluto may no longer be considered a true planet following its official reclassification in 2006, but that doesn’t appear to be stopping the tiny dwarf planet from amassing a considerable number of celestial “followers.” Just this week, in fact, a team of astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope announced their discovery of yet another moon orbiting Pluto, bringing the total number observed so far to five. The new moon was detected in nine separate sets of images taken by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 in late June and early July.
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Astronomers Spot Moon No. 5 Circling Un-Planet Pluto
Posted by: Katherine Noyes July 13, 2012 05:00 AMPluto may no longer be considered a true planet following its official reclassification in 2006, but that doesn’t appear to be stopping the tiny dwarf planet from amassing a considerable number of celestial “followers.” Just this week, in fact, a team of astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope announced their discovery of yet another moon orbiting Pluto, bringing the total number observed so far to five. The new moon was detected in nine separate sets of images taken by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 in late June and early July.