How Did Jupiter Get All Of Its Moons?

Welcome to the home of Jupiter and its many moons! Here, you will learn about the different origin theories and the role of gravity in how these moons were formed. You will also discover the many groups of moons that Jupiter has, from the regular satellites in prograde motion to the retrograde motion of the irregular moons. We will explore the birth of the Galilean moons, the chaotic creation of the binary asteroid system, and the mechanism for how Uranus and Neptune’s instability could have caused some of Jupiter’s irregular moons. Get ready to journey through the depths of space and explore the fascinating world of the Jovian system!

Jovian Moons Categories
Jupiter has lots of tiny friends called moons. Well, actually it has too many friends, 80 to be more precise, according to NASA. We divide those moons into two categories: Regular satellites and irregular satellites. Let me elaborate on the different types. 
Some of them live close to Jupiter and most of them move around it in the same direction it spins. We call that motion the prograde motion and we call them regular moons. Regular satellites are like space rocks that travel around a planet. They stay close to the planet, in a special space called the Hill sphere. The planet's gravity keeps them there and they travel in a circle around the planet.

Formation of Jupiter and its Moons
To learn how Jupiter acquired so many moons, we can examine the formation of Jupiter and its moons.
But first, let’s start with the easy answer. And that is that its immense gravity attracted a large number of objects in the early Solar System, giving it the opportunity to accumulate a lot of material around it.
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Credits: Nasa/Shutterstock/Storyblocks/Elon Musk/SpaceX/ESA/ESO/ Flickr

Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:04 Jovian moons categories
02:44 The hill sphere
06:44 Nebular hypthotesis
11:22 Re-acccretion
11:40 Binary asteroid

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[InsaneCuriosity]

Note: we prepared this video and 2 days later 10 more moons of Jupiter were discovered, currently Jupiter has 92 moons.
Coincidences? ;)

[msnman]

Jupiter Won the moons off saturn in space poker

[flintcityhc]

Like how you described Ganymede as the largest “natural satellite” so we dont confuse it with the much larger death star we launched in 2019

[ioan]

I appreciate your documentaries, you are doing a good job, thank you for that. If you could transmit the same amount of real information in half of the time, without a fast forward speach, would be even better.

[ramossummers]

First one!!! That much i love Astronomy

[isaackitone]

Imagine Jupiter heading to the inner solar system to merge with the sun and Saturn saying "Aaaah, aaaahh come back. You're not leaving me here alone in the cold part of the solar system". "If you want, I will give you some of my moons."

[sm]

This man really put 2 Ganymedes and 2 Callistos in the thumbnail

[mm-dwrr]

Could you ever imagine what it'd look like standing on Jupiter and what you'd see!? 🤩

[other-terrestriallifeform]

Jupiter is a bully on the GIMME' YER MOONS PUNK!"

[thanhvu]

Jupiter's moons harem keeps getting bigger

[jondunmore]

80 Moons?
Jupiter: "Hold my beer!"

[galactock]

Earth moon was constructed around Jupiter and towed into place causing the last flood. The ship pulling it is parked on the far side.

[erikjohnsson]

These videos always seem a bit ai generated