A weird, orbital dance keeps these moons of Neptune from hitting each other0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 21, 2019
Bobbing up and down like a carousel horse might not sound like a stable way to orbit a planet, but it works for one little moon of Neptune. The planet’s innermost known satellite, Naiad, has a tilted orbit and it moves up-and-down relative to its neighboring moon, Thalassa.