Despina

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Despina, 148 kilometers in diameter, orbits among the rings of Neptune. It is slowly spiraling in toward Neptune, so will eventually either impact Neptune or be torn apart into a ring (or both).

NASA / JPL / Ted Stryk, Roane State CC

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