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New moons discovered orbiting Uranus & Neptune
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<blockquote data-quote="Ophiolite" data-source="post: 77640954" data-attributes="member: 234799"><p>Context is all important. </p><p>An astronomer searching for undiscovered moons of Uranus may declare, "I have found a new moon" and will be understood to have found what he had hoped to fine. A moon previously unknown to us.</p><p>In contrast, an astronomer studying (with slightly more powereful telescopes than currently available) a young planetary system in its early stage of formation, might declare "I have found a new moon" and will be understood to have identified a moon that has formed very recently.</p><p>This only becomes complicated when people, through ignorance, accident, or intent, equivocate the two contexts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ophiolite, post: 77640954, member: 234799"] Context is all important. An astronomer searching for undiscovered moons of Uranus may declare, "I have found a new moon" and will be understood to have found what he had hoped to fine. A moon previously unknown to us. In contrast, an astronomer studying (with slightly more powereful telescopes than currently available) a young planetary system in its early stage of formation, might declare "I have found a new moon" and will be understood to have identified a moon that has formed very recently. This only becomes complicated when people, through ignorance, accident, or intent, equivocate the two contexts. [/QUOTE]
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