He James Webb Space Telescope of the POT has discovered a new and tiny moon that orbits Uranus.
The new member of the lunar group, announced on Tuesday by NASA, seems to have only six miles wide and It was discovered by the nearby infrared chamber during the February observations.
Scientists believe he hid for a long time, even avoiding the spacecraft Voyager 2 During its overflow about 40 years, due to its weakness and small size.
Uranus has 28 known moons that are named after Shakespeare and Alexander Pope characters. Approximately half are smaller and orbit the planet at a lesser distance. The new moon, still without a name, raises the total count of the planet at 29.
The new incorporation could suggest that there are more small moons waiting to be found around Uranus, said planetary scientist Matthew Tiscareno of the Seti Institute, who participated in the discovery.
“There are probably many more and we just need to keep looking,” said the scientist.