Mon, 31 Oct, 2005 - 21:18
Pluto has three moons, not one, new images from the Hubble Space Telescope suggest.
The planet, discovered as the ninth in the Solar System in 1930, was thought to be alone until its moon Charon was spotted in 1978.
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CourtsHeathrowPlace: PlutoPlace: Solar SystemPlace: CharonPlace: Kuiper BeltPlace: NeptunePlace: BaltimorePlace: Boulder, ColoradoPlace: MercuryPlace: VenusPerson: Hal WeaverPerson: NollPerson: WeaverPerson: Alan SternPerson: SternOrganisation: HubbleOrganisation: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratoryOrganisation: International Astronomical UnionOrganisation: Space Telescope Science InstituteOrganisation: Southwest Research Institute
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