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by T-hawk 4720 days ago
Well, Neptune is in the top three most likely places to find more moons. Jupiter and Saturn have been pretty well mined out by the orbiters Galileo and Cassini, and we can see the inner solar system pretty well from right here on earth. But Uranus and Neptune were visited for just one quick flyby each, and Pluto never yet until 2015, so there's plenty of opportunities to have missed stuff there.
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I didn't know about the Pluto mission until your comment prompted me to search for it. Link for the curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons
It is good to see NASA getting back in shape. Moving science and technology forward just for the sake of it is rare and noble.
Two moons of Jupiter were found in 2011, and also two in 2010. So we're going strong there too.