Summary
Astronomers have discovered 128 new moons around Saturn, bringing its total to 274, far surpassing Jupiter’s 95.
The moons, formally recognized by the International Astronomical Union, are small, irregularly shaped objects detected using the “shift and stack” technique.
Scientists believe they are remnants of larger celestial bodies shattered by collisions within the last 100 million years.
The discovery sheds light on the early solar system’s chaotic history and could help explain the origins of Saturn’s rings. Meanwhile, ESA’s Hera spacecraft will conduct a close flyby of Mars’s moon Deimos.
Is Saturn just a nerd that likes collecting moons or something?
Saturn cheated by breaking regular moons up into many irregularly shaped moons with wonky orbits.
The truth is that there isn’t a strict definition of a moon like their is now for planets. The IAU has chickened out.
https://www.livescience.com/what-is-a-moon.html
Pluto is a planet and you will never convince me otherwise.
Okay!
But that means you have to recite all the planets:
Our moon could bully Pluto.
Edit:
Then it’s a 10th planet. Ceres deserves its own spot!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t7VhE5koJQ
A real celestial hoarder.