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.
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.
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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 ...
A huge haul of 128 newfound satellites might be a hint of past collisions in the planet’s orbit, or something else.
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 ...
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...
They’re one of the most iconic objects in the entire solar system, but on Sunday, March 23, the rings of Saturn will ...
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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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