2018 saw the discovery of 12 new moons of Jupiter, bringing the known total to 79. Now a new paper published last week claims to have found many hundreds more.

Jupiter Now Has a Whopping 79 Moons. News. By Chelsea Gohd published 17 July 2018 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The four moons first spotted by Galileo in 1610 — Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto — are big enough compared to our moon, but absolutely puny when compared to Jupiter, the planet they circle ...

Astronomers have found 12 more moons orbiting the planet Jupiter. These moons are all small — just 5 kilometers or less across — and one of them behaves very strangely.

That brings Jupiter’s total tally to 79 moons, easily besting runner-up Saturn’s count of 62. None of the dozen moons is more than a couple of miles across.

A team of astronomers discovered 12 new Jupiter moons in March 2017, and the remaining 10 have just been confirmed to bring the total Jupiter moon count to 79. However, one of the new moons ...

Jupiter has 79 known moons — the most of any planet in the solar system — and more are expected to be discovered by the Juno spacecraft. Juno is a most amazing spacecraft.

Astronomers have found 12 more moons orbiting the planet Jupiter. These moons are all small — just 5 kilometers or less across — and one of them behaves very strangely.

The Carnegie Institution for Science astronomer’s teams are responsible for 60 of the 79 known jovian moons — all irregular, but still an impressive feat. Sheppard’s team has been discovering moons ...