Recently, scientists have discovered a previously unknown satellite of Uranus.
This became possible thanks to the use of the James Webb space telescope, reports a correspondent for the online publication Belnovosti.
Please note: this discovery is already the 29th satellite of the planet in question.
Explorers of the dark depths of space even managed to give it a name – /2025 U1.
The event was reported by MIA “Russia Today” with reference to a statement by representatives of the American space agency NASA.
They also spoke about the International Astronomical Union’s intention to assign an alternative name to the satellite a little later.
Details indicate that a group of scientists led by the Southwest Research Institute (Texas) worked with the James Webb.
It was he who recorded a previously unknown satellite orbiting Uranus.
This expanded the planet's “known family of satellites” to 29, NASA said.
And they clarified: the telescope discovered the satellite during observations on February 2 of this year.
According to available information, the diameter of S/2025 U1 is only 10 kilometers.
It was this factor, NASA suspected, that prevented the Voyager 2 probe from spotting the satellite when it flew past Uranus in 1986.
Scientists also shared the following information: the satellite’s distance from Uranus is about 56,000 km.
The satellite's orbit is located around the planet's equatorial plane between the orbits of the satellites Ophelia and Bianca.
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