While July was celebrated for the first human landing on the Moon, Yle kuuvii out asked how our solar system planet has the most moons. At the time the right answer is not it anymore.

Jupiter is 79 travellers, but they are no longer sufficient for the number one spot, as Saturn found 20 a new moon will raise its total number of the 82nd.

the Race may not have this solved: the same research team kirin took of Jupiter last year, ranked first by finding for 12 new moon; perhaps they will find even more. Last year’s discovery was a coincidence, because astronomers are trying to actually get to the mysterious Planet 9’s trail.

our Solar system known to this degree of moons: Saturn 82, Jupiter 79, Uranus 27, Neptune 14, Mars 2 and Earth 1. Venus and Merkuriukselta the moon are missing.

Saturn’s new moon you find the images that Mauna Kean mountain top in Hawaii located the telescope was taken a decade ago. Different days and times of day images taken compared algorithm rakes from distant points of those who were moving some of the law.

Löydety moons are small, a diameter of less than five miles, and those orbits pass quite far from the emoplaneetan from. It takes them a long time to spin the planet around his, the two Countries in more than three, told the us-based carnegie institute of science. (you move to another service)

Only three of the rotation direction is the same as the Saturn pyörähdyksillä its axis. Two of them were defined as belonging to inuit mythology, the giant name who received some of the crowd. It is believed to have been originally part of a large moon, but the broken shards of a long time ago.

the Same is thought qualified also norjalaismytolgiasta name acquired the status of a cluster, which is now found in 17 new members. The rotation direction is opposite to Saturn’s spin in relation to.

One of discovery’s Gallic group of features but still much more distant orbit than a group of other members. Scientists do not know whether the gravity for some reason moved it to Saturn uloimmaksi the moon, or is it a strange bird, with their very own birth history.

the Moon will help to peep into the planet of childhood

research team head Scott Sheppard I hope that the new moons to determine their own origin and development history, but also information about the conditions in which Saturn was born over four billion years ago.

the Solar system’s youth in the Sun orbited the gas – and dust-reel, where the planets were born. Saturn is thought to be the birth stage, similar to the reel, Sheppard says.

the Moons origin, he concludes asteroids and comets, who are trying to fly young past Saturn but its gravity prisoners.

the fact that now found pikkukuu you are able to continue turning when they emokuut fragmentation of space collisions, to give to understand the impact of what happened until, when the planet was about ready, Sheppard explains.

what to name the moons be?

Kuutulokkaita called so far, only the number codes, but in time they will get real names. They get to think about other than astronomers. Proposals will be received Twitter messages (switch to another service) December the sixth day.

the Rules (you move to another service), which can be found at the Carnegie science institute web page, requiring in the name of the source as the inuit, the ancient scandinavian or gallic mythology.

When Jupiter last year found 12 moon five was to ask citizens to suggest a name for, they were surprised by the number astronomers. Sheppard I hope that in the name of contemplation people at this time thought to the same universe of strangeness.

in August, was announced the name of the proposals held in the online voting results. (you move to another service)the winners were, inter alia, the kindness and friendship of the Greek goddess Philophrosyne and his sister Euphem that the job description tarustossa are good omens and cheers.

of Course, the race was proposed to name also tongue-in-cheek, as the astronomers were expecting, say, Moony McMoonFace, Sheppard says. According to him, the time for a number of people would have also liked to pet her namesake jupiter’s orbit.

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