Saturn has 128 new moons – more than the rest of the planets combined
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2471071-saturn-has-128-new-moons-more-than-the-rest-of-the-planets-combined/
Saturn has 128 new moons – more than the rest of the planets combined
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2471071-saturn-has-128-new-moons-more-than-the-rest-of-the-planets-combined/
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I bet a lot of those moons haven’t ‘cleared’ their orbit. Why is one set of rules applied to one scale of planetary bodies but not another?
Trillionaires will end up owning their own private moons one day.
Imagine having your own private moon mansion
Any habitable? I would like to move there as soon as possible please, preferably not on a SpaceX rocket.
If they classified moons like they did planets, it wouldn’t. Sorry not big enough, not round enough, too far away, Pluto treatment.
This seems overkill. What’s the definition of a moon ?
When is it a moon and when is it just the ring of Saturn?
I think it’s time for a “dwarf moon” designation.
So Pluto isn’t allowed to be classified as a “planet”, because its too small, but asteroids in orbit outside of the rings, are “moons”?
No. Give Pluto back damnit.
Moons, moons, moons… Saturn is such a moonhead
Stop hoarding them you fat cow!
– sincerely, the rest of the Solar System
Curious how this compares total mass (moon-wise, not planetary). The Jovians are enormous & Jupiter is no slouch.
Out to Saturn, get the ice, back to Ceres. Out to Saturn, get the ice, back to Ceres. Out to Saturn, get the ice, back to Ceres.
I feel like teachers in the 90s and 00s didn’t do a good enough job letting us know these things
This is getting out of hand. Now there’s 128 of them
Earth: Me in moon having contest when my opponent is Saturn
It would be wild if there were 256 moons total in solar system 🙂
Congratulations Saturn on your brand new moons
_Sits back and waits for Jupiter to take back the crown next week or so, probably…_
When did this suddenly happen?!? That’s an insane amount of moons?
Are they any real photos and/or mock up of their full rotations?
My favorite moons of Saturn have be Janus and Epimetheus. They actually swap orbits every 4 years!
https://www.planetary.org/articles/janus-epimetheus-swap