Astronomers find Saturn has 128 more moons in rare discovery
Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised discoveries from a team of astronomers led by Edward Ashton at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan. The sixth planet from the Sun now has a grand total of 274 moons, the most of any planet in the Solar System.
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Saturn gains 128 new moons, giving it more than the rest of the solar system combinedFaint signatures detected by the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have revealed 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the ...
Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant. The ...
The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...
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A Series of Cosmic Collisions Gave Saturn 128 'New' MoonsThe smashups are thought to have occurred at least 100 million years ago, but the moons they created are new to astronomers.
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Saturn's moon count soars to record-breaking 274Scientists have discovered 128 new moons orbiting Saturn, increasing the planet's total to 274. Saturn now boasts the ...
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Jupiter jealous? Saturn recruits 128 more moons, growing its cosmic army to 274Saturn has seized the title of moon king. Astronomers have just discovered as many as 128 new moons orbiting Saturn. This ...
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