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Jupiter : Planet With Most Moons

Kumari Sonali

Jupiter : Planet With Most Moons

Latest discovery revealed Jupiter has 12 more moons. With this, the count of Jupiter’s moons increased to 92. Today Jupiter has the maximum number of moons.

  • The 12 new moons around Jupiter were discovered by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
  • Of the 12 moons discovered, nine are distant
  • These nine moons take 550 days to orbit Jupiter
  • Also, the nine moons discovered are relatively small
  • These nine moons have retrograde orbits.
  • Meaning their orbiting direction is opposite to that of Jupiter’s rotation
  • The inner moons of Jupiter have prograde orbits, they rotate in the same direction as that of Jupiter.

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