TUNE, the orbiter, will be placed into a trajectory allowing it to orbit Neptune 600 times while using Triton to course-correct during its 40 flybys of the smaller moon. Its payload would include ...

One factor that Triton and our moon share is that both orbit at a tilted angle - for Triton that's 67 degrees away from the planet's equator. It seems the math adds up to this being a possibility ...

Triton’s similarly inclined orbit hints Earth’s moon may share this origin. Published in The Planetary Science Journal, the study calculates Earth could capture a body of up to 10% of its mass ...