NASA has discovered something weird which has 'never been seen before' about two of Neptune's moons.
Researchers at NASA have discovered that a unique orbiting pattern by Neptune's two innermost moons allows them never to collide, dubbing it a"dance of avoidance".
The moons' unique orbit"has never been seen before" according to Marina Brozovic, the lead author of a new paper. "There are many different types of 'dances' that planets, moons and asteroids can follow, but this one has never been seen before," added Dr Brozovic.Neptune has 14 confirmed moons, with the most recent being discovered in 2013 and thenThe most distant is Neso, which orbits the ice giant in an enormous loop which takes it 27 years to complete.The two innermost moons, Naiad and Thalassa, are much smaller, and oblate rather than spheroid.
They are very close to each other, orbiting only about 1,150 miles apart - about the distance between the UK and Finland.
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