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Neptune and Hippocamp - Illustration

author: Ron Miller/Novapix

reference: a-nep99-00100

Image Size 300 DPI: 38 * 28 cm

Hippocamp, also designated Neptune XIV, is a small moon of Neptune discovered on 1 July 2013. The moon is so dim that it was not observed when the Voyager 2 space probe flew by Neptune and its moons in 1989. It is about 35 km (20 mi) in diameter, and orbits Neptune in about 23 hours.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - HIPPOCAMP - ILLUSTRATION - MOON - NEPTUNE - NEPTUNE'S MOON - PLANET -