Posted by: Sandy Steinman | July 18, 2018

Astronomers Discover 12 New Moons Around Jupiter

NPR reports

More than 400 years after Galileo Galilei discovered the first of Jupiter’s moons, astronomers have found a dozen more — including one they’ve dubbed “oddball” — orbiting the planet. That brings the total number of Jovian moons to 79.

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