Jupiter Probably Has 600 Small, Irregular Moons

Jupiter Probably Has 600 Small, Irregular Moons
By Evan Gough

The better our technologies get, the better we get at finding objects in space. That’s certainly true of Jupiter and its moons. Prior to Galileo, nobody knew the other planets had moons. Then in 1609/10, as he made improvements to his telescope, he aimed it at the gas giant and eventually found four moons: Io, …

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September 11, 2020 at 03:09AM
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