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Whoa, Astronomers Just Found 20 News Moons Around Saturn - Gizmodo
A survey of Saturn’s outer reaches has resulted in the discovery of no less than 20 new moons. With its 82 natural satellites, Saturn now boasts the most moons of any planet in the solar system, surpassing Jupiter’s 82 moons.
It’s always special when astronomers spot new moons, but this is intense—20 new moons confirmed all at once, as announced earlier today by the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center.
The team credited with the discovery includes Scott Sheppard from the Carnegie Institution for Science, David Jewitt of UCLA, and Jan Kleyna from the University of Hawaii. The distant orbs were spotted with the Subaru telescope located on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea, according to a Carnegie press release.
A survey of Saturn’s outer reaches has resulted in the discovery of no less than 20 new moons. With its 82 natural satellites, Saturn now boasts the most moons of any planet in the solar system, surpassing Jupiter’s 82 moons.
It’s always special when astronomers spot new moons, but this is intense—20 new moons confirmed all at once, as announced earlier today by the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center.
The team credited with the discovery includes Scott Sheppard from the Carnegie Institution for Science, David Jewitt of UCLA, and Jan Kleyna from the University of Hawaii. The distant orbs were spotted with the Subaru telescope located on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea, according to a Carnegie press release.