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 .
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Saturn runs rings around JupiterRatification of 128 additional moons puts the smaller gas giant way ahead on satellite count The International Astronomical ...
The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...
Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant. The ...
The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...
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A Series of Cosmic Collisions Gave Saturn 128 'New' MoonsThe smashups are thought to have occurred at least 100 million years ago, but the moons they created are new to astronomers.
The International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet because it does not clear its orbit of other debris. Pluto was the little planet that could — until it couldn’t.
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