The Caspian Hare Posted July 17, 2018 #1 Share Posted July 17, 2018 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180717101256.htm Quote Twelve new moons orbiting Jupiter have been found -- 11 "normal" outer moons, and one that they're calling an "oddball." This brings Jupiter's total number of known moons to a whopping 79 -- the most of any planet in our Solar System. A team led by Carnegie's Scott S. Sheppard first spotted the moons in the spring of 2017 while they were looking for very distant Solar System objects as part of the hunt for a possible massive planet far beyond Pluto. In 2014, this same team found the object with the most-distant known orbit in our Solar System and was the first to realize that an unknown massive planet at the fringes of our Solar System, far beyond Pluto, could explain the similarity of the orbits of several small extremely distant objects. This putative planet is now sometimes popularly called Planet X or Planet Nine. University of Hawaii's Dave Tholen and Northern Arizona University's Chad Trujillo are also part of the planet search team. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Nuke- Posted July 17, 2018 #2 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Wonder if the bigger the planet, the more gravity it has, so it's easier to attract debris moon's into orbit and hold then there, dunno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torviking Posted July 17, 2018 #3 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Newton�s inverse square law works every time :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolci Posted July 17, 2018 #4 Share Posted July 17, 2018 errrrrr.... yeah sure. What I wonder is how small they have to be before they stop calling them moons. I mean, I'm sure trillions of particles orbit each planet, each moon, etc. Wait, are electrons moons? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclopes500 Posted July 18, 2018 #5 Share Posted July 18, 2018 What do they call a moon that orbits a moon? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted July 18, 2018 #6 Share Posted July 18, 2018 2 hours ago, cyclopes500 said: What do they call a moon that orbits a moon? Unlikely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flabbins Posted July 18, 2018 #7 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I don't know, What do they call a moon that orbits a moon? Better be a good joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripGun Posted July 18, 2018 #8 Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) "All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landing there." - Dave Edited July 18, 2018 by TripGun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclopes500 Posted July 18, 2018 #9 Share Posted July 18, 2018 A sub satellite. http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/about-us/44-our-solar-system/the-moon/general-questions/104-can-moons-have-moons-intermediate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almighty Evan Posted July 21, 2018 #10 Share Posted July 21, 2018 On 7/17/2018 at 11:35 PM, cyclopes500 said: What do they call a moon that orbits a moon? Could a Moon Have Moons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsNothing Posted July 23, 2018 #11 Share Posted July 23, 2018 That should be a mini moon. lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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