Saturn Secures Its Title as the ‘Moon King’ With Major Haul of New Moons
Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant. The record-breaking statistic puts Saturn way ahead of its moon-bearing competitors, as now the ringed planet is officially orbited by almost twice as many moons as all other planets in the solar system combined.
Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons , as the International Astronomical Union recognised discoveries from a team ...
The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...
A huge haul of 128 newfound satellites might be a hint of past collisions in the planet’s orbit, or something else.
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...
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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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