Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, along with older data from the Voyager 2 probe, have revealed more about the origin of Neptune’s smallest moon. The moon, which was discovered in 2013 and has now received the official name Hippocamp, is believed to be a fragment of its larger neighbour Proteus.
The release, images and videos are available on:
https://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1904/
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ESA/Hubble Information Centre
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
20 February 2019
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