12 new moons discovered around Jupiter

Astronomers have found 12 new moons in orbit around Jupiter. They are small, ranging from just one to three kilometres in diameter. That brings Jupiter's moon count up to 79, the most of any planet in our solar system.

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[henrymccarty]

1 "oddball " moon. Rotates opposite direction! Marches to the beat of a different drum. A "rebel moon" without a cause. I kinda like that moon.

[ASFALT]

Nice to see a news anchor who actually lets the guest speak AND asks related questions.

[CamiloM]

How did y’all miss 12 moons? Why don’t y’all check if Earth got some more moons.

[blizzardstormer]

They should name one of them ...."Odym"

[CheckFlop]

I like her dress with the constellations. It's out of this world.

[captindo]

Needed this distraction, love me sum science.

[shingnosis]

If this was EA they would give it to us in 12 installments, with a pre-hype cycle for each moon.

[thefurbyman]

amazing how much we still don’t know about our neighborhood

[miket]

Why can't we have news reporting like this in the USA?

[yordanpatronski]

So basically, this discovery was equivalent to finding rocks in a river.

[merveilmeok]

79 moons, they just found 67 on top of the new 12.

[dustinb]

Is that a stargate tattoo one arm and a Welsh dragon on the other?

[drippymissouri]

Jupiter Is Gonna Have 200 Moons In 2100

[TRUECNDIN]

Why isn't Bob McDonald reporting on this?!

[commie]

these moons sound like they're just big rocks

[auranit]

I wonder if this is going to eventually change the definition of moons, like they changed the definition of planet.

[benbaz]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 yes in the last star wars movie!!!
By the way as usual... Nice CGI 👍

[xxshevilxx]

Why don't we just call it an asteroid belt around Jupiter?

[cecemason]

They are finding new moons, and people still cant figure out how to text back lmmfao

[gamingproleon]

Congrats jupiter




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