"New Moons Found Around Uranus and Neptune Named After Shakespeare Characters and Greek Goddesses"

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Astronomers have discovered three tiny moons orbiting Uranus and Neptune, using powerful land-based telescopes at various sites around the world. The discovery puts Uranus at 28 known moons and Neptune at 16. The moons are the faintest ever found around these two ice giant planets using ground-based telescopes, and astronomers hope the discovery will lead to a better understanding of how these moons were formed and the early years of our solar system. The newly-discovered moons will likely be named after characters in Shakespearean plays and Greek mythology, and astronomers believe there may be many more smaller moons yet to be discovered.
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