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Innerworld to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days ago

Astronomers found clusters of new moons around Jupiter and Saturn, taking their total moon counts to 101 and 285, respectively

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Astronomers found clusters of new moons around Jupiter and Saturn, taking their total moon counts to 101 and 285, respectively

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Innerworld to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days ago
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Astronomers keep finding new moons of Jupiter and Saturn
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The moons are all tiny, barely two miles across in size.
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    I think it’s dumb to call every captured rock a moon.

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