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Jupiter is the planet with the most known moons in the solar system, with 79
WASHINGTON.
Astronomers announced Tuesday the discovery of ] 10 more moons around Jupiter bringing to 79 the total known to revolve around the giant gas planet, including the one that makes it in the opposite direction to others and that seems destined to collide with other orbits.
All newly discovered moons are relatively small. Jupiter, the fifth planet of the Sun, has large moons, like Ganymede – the largest in the solar system, with a diameter of 5268 kilometers – but the news varies from 1 kilometer to 4 kilometers in diameter.
minuscule in relation to the Jupiter diameter of 142 thousand 984 kilometers.
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A team of researchers led by astronomer Scott Sheppard, of the Carnegie Institution in Washington, identified 12 small moons joviennes, including the 10 described Tuesday.
Sheppard stated that these moons are probably objects that formed near Jupiter during the early days of the solar system and were captured by gravitational force.
Jupiter is like a big vacuum cleaner because he's so tall. These objects began to revolve around Jupiter instead of falling on him. So, we believe that they are intermediate between rock asteroids and icy comets. It is probably half of the ice and half of the stone, "says Sheppard.
The most interesting moon is Valetudo, whose name comes from the great-granddaughter of the ancient Roman god Jupiter, the same direction in which the planet turns, but several other moons share the same orbital route in the opposite direction.
Valetudo runs the road in the opposite direction, so it is very likely that it will collide with these other objects, with them in time, "says Sheppard.
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Jupiter is the planet with the most known moons in the solar system, with 79, followed by 62 identified objects around the giant gas planet Saturn, characterized by its rings. Sheppard claimed that Jupiter and Saturn could have a similar number of moons and that some of the smaller ones of Saturn might not have been detected yet.
A moon is defined as any object, regardless of its size, that revolves around a planet. Only the two planets closest to the Sun of the solar system, Mercury and Venus, have no moons. Of the 79 of Jupiter, 26 still have no name, including nine of the 10 new ones.
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