This was reported by CNN, according to Ukrinform’s report.

It was noted that one satellite was discovered in the orbit of Uranus and two in the orbit of Neptune, and this was the first discovery in the last 20 years.

“The three newly discovered moons are the faintest moons ever found around two ice giant planets using ground-based telescopes. Special image processing was required to detect such faint objects,” said astronomer Scott S. Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science.

The newly discovered moon of Uranus is the 28th moon observed orbiting the planet and is also likely the smallest, with a diameter of 8 kilometers. The satellite named S/2023 U1 makes a revolution around the planet in 680 Earth days. In the future, the tiny moon will be named after a Shakespeare character, in keeping with the tradition of giving literary names to the moons of Uranus.

Neptune’s two moons bring the total number of known moons to 18. They were first detected in September 2021, but further observations with different telescopes were needed to confirm their orbits.

The first bright moon, S/2002 N5, has a diameter of 23 kilometers and makes a complete revolution around Neptune almost every nine years; The second faint satellite, S/2021 N1, has a diameter of approximately 14 kilometers and makes a revolution approximately every 27 years. Both will eventually be given new names associated with the Nereids, sea nymphs from Greek mythology. Neptune is named after the Roman god of the sea, so the planet’s moons are named after lesser sea gods and nymphs.

As Ukrinform reports, a study by British astronomers has revealed that our ideas about the colors of the planets Neptune and Uranus are wrong, as both giant planets have similar greenish-blue hues.