Saturn has 128 new moons – more than the rest of the planets combined
Saturn has 128 new moons – more than the rest of the planets combined
www.newscientist.com
Saturn gains 128 moons, giving it more than the other planets combined
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Perhaps when they become fully operational battle stations?
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Slut.
Try not to grab another moon on your way through the parking lot!
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This is a great question. It's like asking when a rock is too small to be a planet. I suspect there were be a definition eventually that mirrors the planetary definition -- something like "spherical(ish) and clears its orbit". The issue is that Mars would lose its two moons under that definition.
So we might end up with something like "moons" vs "natural satellites" and Mars will just have to suck it up.
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Moons vs. dwarf moons? (Sounds like a fantasy novel series.)
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What, having the best rings wasn't good enough for Saturn? Gosh, how greedy. /s
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*"Newly identified moons" I'm pretty sure they've been there for a while.
Having 128 new moons would really be noteworthy!