Neptune's Smallest Moon Finally Has a Name: Hippocamp
A big hello to Hippocamp from Earth! Sorry it took us so long to find you and include you in our family of Solar System objects.
A big hello to Hippocamp from Earth! Sorry it took us so long to find you and include you in our family of Solar System objects.
According to NASA, this is probably the last that Earth scientists will ever learn about the object.
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But a good portion still remains a mystery.
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A nice reminder of the fragility of our mortality.
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