[SAPOD]Today’s “Space Image”. We introduce characteristic images introduced by sorae in the past, attractive images released by space agencies of various countries, and images submitted by space astronomy fans and experts. (There is a link to the original article at the end of the article)
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Image Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, L. Calçada, A. Feild, M. Showalter et al.
sorae – Neptune’s 14th satellite “Hippocamp”.The origin of a celestial object that shouldn’t exist is revealed
This was introduced by sorae in an article on February 22, 2019.Neptune and its satellite “Hippocamp”This is an imaginary drawing.
“Hippocamp” is Neptune’s 14th satellite, named in February 2019. Until now, it was called by the temporary code given to it at the time of its discovery, “S/2004 N 1.” In accordance with the rules established by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), it is named after Hippocampus, a mythical half-horse, half-fish creature from Greek mythology (Wikipedia).
[▲NeptuneisinthecenterThecelestialobjectcircledintheupperrightisthe14thsatellite“Hippocamp”(Credit:ESA/HubbleNASALCalçadaAFeildMShowalteretal)
Hippocamp was not discovered when Voyager 2 approached Neptune in August 1989, but 24 years later, in July 2013, 150 images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope between 2004 and 2009 were discovered. It was discovered by Mark Showalter of the SETI Institute, who was looking at images over . Therefore, the temporary code includes the year “2004”.
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