Aug 3 1989
From The Space Library
Planetary scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California announced the discovery of three additional moons of Neptune, bringing the total number of Neptune's known moons to six. The moons, designated 1989 N2, 1989 N3, and 1989 N4, ranged between 60 and 125 miles in diameter and were found to be in normal equatorial orbits in the direction of the planet's rotation. Prior to Voyager's observations, only two moons of Neptune had been observed. (NASA Release 89-128, Aug 3/89; NY Times, Aug 4/89; W Post, Aug 4/89; LA Times, Aug 4/89;)
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