Neumond discovered the all -round ice giant Uranus

According to NASA, a new tiny moon was identified, which circles the planet Uranus.

The satellite discovered by the James Webb Space Telescopehas no name yet and has been referred to as S/2025 U1.

It was discovered on February 2 by the room -bound telescope, measures about 10 km in diameter and connects 28 other well -known moons that circle the icy giants.

Maryame El Moutamid from the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado and the leadership investigator of the project to examine the rings and moons of Uranus is of the opinion that its tiny size is probably the reason why it has been invisible to telescopes until now.

“It is a small moon, but a significant discovery that is something that is even Nasas Voyager 2 spaceship did not see almost 40 years ago during his Flyby, “she said.

“No other planet has as many small inner moons as Uranus,” said Matthew Tiscareno from the Seti Institute in Mountain View, California, a member of the research team.

Mr. Tiscareno said the “complex interrelationships” between the moons of Uranus and their weak rings suggest that the evolutionary history of the planet could have been chaotic.

According to researchers, the newly discovered satellite is around 56,000 km from the center of the planet with an almost circular orbit.

All moons of Uranus are named according to characters from the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.

NASA said that the new moon was named after approval by the international astronomical Union, which monitors the official name complaints for astronomical objects.

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In 1986 the Voyager 2-probe was the first property produced by humans that came to Uranus and gave humanity the first close-ups of the distant planet.

The historical encounter resulted in more than 7,000 uranium photographs and helped discovering two new rings and 11 new moons around the planet.

The new addition could indicate tiny moons that are waiting to be found.

“There is probably a lot more of them and we just have to look for it,” said Tiscareno.