Astronomers discover a tiny moon
Astronomers in the us say that they have spotted a tiny moon orbiting an asteroid. The new moon, which is yet to be named, is circling the asteroid Eugenia. It was discovered with the help of a telescope based in Hawaii that used a specially deformed mirror to correct for blurring caused by the Earth's atmosphere.
"This is only the second one known and we have searched for a couple of decades already," said David Merline of the Southwest Research Institute based in San Antonio, Texas, usa .
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