Jupiter's new moons: an irregular bunch with an extra oddball that's the smallest discovered so far
- Written by Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
A moon shadow on Jupiter, the red planet now has a dozen more moons added to the list or such orbiting bodies.NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar system and has been studied intensively for hundreds of years, so you might think there would be little left to find.
But earlier this month, researchers announced that...