An additional 62 moons of Saturn have been discovered, bringing Saturn’s total to 145, the most in the Solar System.
After discovering 12 more moons of Jupiter in early February, bringing the total to 92, making it the planet with the most moons in the solar system. surpassing the old champion Saturn with 83 stars
But the big brother of the solar system sat on the championship throne for just over 3 months and had to be taken down. Saturn once again holds the title of the planet with the most moons in the solar system.
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This comes after the International Astronomical Union (IAU) reported the discovery of 62 additional moons, bringing Saturn’s total to 145!
Professor Brett Gladman, an astronomer at the University of British Columbia who took part in those observations said “Saturn has not only almost doubled the number of its moons, but it is also nowIt has more moons than all the other planets in the solar system combined.again”
These newly discovered moons will be named after Gaulish, Norse and Inuit gods. in accordance with the naming convention of Saturn’s moons
scientists expect it Many new moons are likely to be remnants of collisions between the moon. This resulted in the large moons disintegrating and the smaller moons being scattered into Saturn’s orbit.
Although in the future it is possible that Jupiter will find more moons. But the latest findings seem to confirm that theory. eventually Saturn will still have more moons.
Gladman said “at fixed size There will be 3 times more moons than Jupiter.
over the last few decades the number of moons confirmed has continued to increase. As telescopes and analytical methods became more sensitive and accurate.
In addition to discovering more moons, scientists also announced progress in studying Saturn’s “rings”.
An expert working on data collected by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft said that the latest observations indicate that Saturn’s beautiful big rings. Not formed at the same time as Saturn But formed no more than 400 million years ago.
Dr Sacha Kempf from the University of Colorado Boulder said: “It is normal to think that the rings formed at the same time as Saturn. which is about 4.5 billion years old.”
not only that It seems that the rings of Saturn are not something that will last forever. From previous research, it was found that Saturn’s rings are disintegrating.
Kempf said. “The rings of Saturn are not eternal. And we can be considered very lucky to be in the moment when we can observe it. “
Compiled from The Guardian
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