Re: NASA'S HUBBLE REVEALS POSSIBLE NEW MOONS AROUND PLUTO (STScI-PR05-19)

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:41:50 -0500, INBOX ASTRONOMY: NEWS ALERT
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>FOR RELEASE: 1:00 pm (EST) October 31, 2005
>
>Dolores Beasley/Erica Hupp
>Headquarters, Washington
>(Phone: 202-358-1753/1237)
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>Donna Weaver
>Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
>(Phone: 410-338-4493)
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>PRESS RELEASE NO.: STScI-PR05-19
>
>NASA'S HUBBLE REVEALS POSSIBLE NEW MOONS AROUND PLUTO
>
>Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to probe the ninth planet in our
>solar system, astronomers discovered that Pluto may have not one, but
>three moons. If confirmed, the discovery of the two new moons could
>offer insights into the nature and evolution of the Pluto system, Kuiper
>Belt Objects with satellite systems, and the early Kuiper Belt. The
>Kuiper Belt is a vast region of icy, rocky bodies beyond Neptune?s
>orbit.
>
>The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation
>between NASA and the European Space Agency. The Space Telescope Science
>Institute in Baltimore conducts Hubble science operations. The Institute
>is operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in
>Astronomy, Inc., Washington.
>
>For the full story, more detailed information and images about this
>research on the Web, visit:
>http://hubblesite.org/news/2005/19
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Pity they couldn't have stuck to using the Hubble and NOT put any
money into that useless mission to Pluto. They could have diverted
the money to pay for the rest of the Giant Magellan Telescope.
-Rich
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