New Jupiter moons found

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, now also holds the title of the planet with the most moons. Scientists recently announced the discovery of 12 previously unknown moons orbiting Jupiter, bringing the total number to 92. Using telescopes in Hawaii and Chile, astronomers (scientists studying space, stars, and planets) spotted the additional moons in 2021 and 2022 and tracked them to confirm that they’re orbiting Jupiter. The moons range in size from just over half a mile to about two miles wide. Each moon is far from the planet’s surface, taking more than 340 Earth days to complete a single orbit. (Earth’s Moon takes about 27 days to complete an orbit.) Nine of the moons take longer than 550 days to circle Jupiter. They move in the opposite…

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