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Neptune's Inner Moons May Be Shattered Remains of Ancient Icy Worlds


New findings from Caltech researchers suggest Neptune's smallest satellites formed from the shattered remains of an original moon system that was destroyed when Triton was captured by Neptune's gravity.

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