Which planet has the most moons? Saturn dethrones Jupiter.
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the new total up to 274 moons .
Astronomers find Saturn has 128 more moons in rare discovery
Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised discoveries from a team of astronomers led by Edward Ashton at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan. The sixth planet from the Sun now has a grand total of 274 moons, the most of any planet in the Solar System.
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Planets to align in Derry with Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Saturn visible together for last time until 2040The planets are set to align tonight when Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn form a parade which will be visible from Derry and Donegal.
The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...
Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant. The ...
Saturn surpasses Jupiter with 128 newly discovered moons, becoming the planet with the most moons in our solar system.
This multitude of small, not very round objects are thought to be fragments of larger moons that broke apart in collisions ...
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