A dozen new months have been found around Jupiter | Report

Astronomers continue to discover the months around Jupiter, and the latest discovery detected 10, bringing the total number of natural satellites in the orbit of this planet to 79.

"We did not immediately understand what was happening, it took us a whole year to understand these objects, "explains Scott Shepard. of the Carnegie Institute of Science in Washington, which was led by the Astronomical Team, [AP]

The Jupiter months were not noticed because they are tiny, and astronomers did not know if these are really months or asteroids. Planets.

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Today, it has been confirmed that all 10 bodies are indeed far from the months.

Astr Garret Williams, of the Center for Small Planets of the International Astronomical Union, thinks that Jupiter could have even more months around him, but they are small and do not see

"We do not have not seen enough, "said Williams.

Scientists are of the opinion that Jupiter acts like a void, sucking all around him and the months are actually leftovers.

For the latest discovery and its confirmation, telescopes were used in Chile, Hawaii and Arizona.

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Surrounded by 79 months, of which Galileo discovered the four largest in 1610, Jupiter is the planet with the most body around us system followed by Saturn with 61, Uranus with 27 and Neptune with 14.

Mars is two months old, Earth one, while Merkur and Venus do not have one.