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Three New Neptune Moons Announced

United States · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2003

Matthew Holman2003

Science / Astronomy

Holman's team announces three newly discovered irregular satellites around Neptune, the first ground-based finds there since 1949.

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Matthew Holman

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