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A group of astronomers from the Carnegie Institution in March 2017 found twelve new moons revolving around Jupiter. Now, after a year and a half of observations, the International Astronomical Union has officially recognized their existence.
However, the moon has turned out to be only eleven. The twelfth object discovered (he called it Valetudo) turned out to be less than one kilometer in diameter and, most likely, crashed into the normal sized moon during the formation of l & # 39; universe. Valetudo, unlike the nine recognized moons, turns in a direction with Jupiter himself. According to scientists, because of this, new collisions could occur in the future.
The number of moons of Jupiter has reached 79. The second place among the known planets is Saturn with 61 moons
: the Juno spacecraft has discovered on the Io satellite something like a big volcano.
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