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So these 11 (which are most probably asteroids that have been captured by Jupiter's gravity) will most probably be accepted in the near future and take the official list of Jupiter's moons from 16 to 27. How many more will follow this course is something to stay tuned for!
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Eleven more satellites have been found orbiting Jupiter, raising the total of its identified moons to 39, the most for any planet in the solar system, astronomers announced Thursday. ... The latest satellites to be identified hardly resemble Jupiter's better-known Galilean moons, the planet-sized Io, Europa,
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Moons of Jupiter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jupiter has 63 confirmed moons, giving it the largest retinue of moons with "reasonably secure" orbits of any planet in the Solar System. The most massive of them, the four Galilean moons, were discov...
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Have we ever found out how many moons Jupiter really has? What about Io? Has anyone found out anything new or interesting about it?; Well, so far we have found 16 moons around Jupiter. We always find the biggest ones first, but the little ones with odd orbits are harder to find.
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Jupiter's Fancies ... Jupiter has 16 moons. By far the largest and best known are the 4 Galilean Moons, so named because they were discovered by Galileo. Indeed, the 4 Galilean moons are not difficult to see from Earth with even small telescopes.
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They are named so because they were the only four moons that Galileo was able to see. They are also the largest of Jupiter's moons. From top-left in a clock-wise direction, they are Ganymede, Callisto, Europa, and Io. ... Callisto (JIV) 1610 Galileo Galilei 1882.7 16.689018 1075.9 2410.3...
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New satellites of Jupiter discovered in 2003; New Jupiter satellite S/2002 J1 (2002); Eleven new Jovian moons discovered (2002); Eleven new Jovian moons discovered (2000); Jovian moon "rediscovered" after 25 years; Jupiter's Known Satellites - Carnegie Institution, DTM;
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11 New Moons Discovered Around Jupiter; Brings Total to 39 ; By SPACE.com Staff; posted: 05:15 pm ET; 16 May 2002; ... A team of researchers announced today the discovery of 11 new moons around Jupiter, adding to nearly a dozen they found last year and bringing the total known satellites of the gas giant planet to 39.
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www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/jupiter_satellite_020516.html
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The 16 moons of Jupiter is a story by itself. For example, its four outer most moons are 15 million miles from the planet and orbit in the opposite direction of Jupiter’s other moons. . ... Why does Jupiter have 16 moons but Mercury and Venus have none? Science says this all happened purely by chance over a period of...
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