Twelve new moons for Saturn

[Sticks]

As reported on the BBC site

[A Thousand Pardons]

As reported on the BBC site

Jupiter now has 63, our count thread was up to 60 a couple years ago.

So, is Saturn the Maris, McGwire, Sosa, or Bonds of moons?

[Tensor]

As reported on the BBC site

Jupiter now has 63, our count thread was up to 60 a couple years ago.

So, is Saturn the Maris, McGwire, Sosa, or Bonds of moons?

I would have to say Maris. After all, Jupiter had to have taken steroids to bulk up as much as it has. :wink:

[baric]

As reported on the BBC site

So why don't we formally distinguish between moons that accreted with the planet and floating rocks that formed elsewhere and were captured by the planet's gravity? As some point the moon-counting exercise becomes pointless, if it isn't already.

One could argue that Saturn has millions of "moons" in its rings if we are not willing to draw a line somewhere.

[John Kierein]

Doesn't say if they are in the ring plane; but I'd guess probably not if they are captured and heading in the opposite direction as others.

[yaohua2000]

As reported on the BBC site

Could you please copy-paste the article here? I can't open the URL above since BBC was banned by the government.

[TravisM]

As reported on the BBC site

Jupiter now has 63, our count thread was up to 60 a couple years ago.

So, is Saturn the Maris, McGwire, Sosa, or Bonds of moons?

I would have to say Maris. After all, Jupiter had to have taken steroids to bulk up as much as it has. :wink:

Wouldn't that be A-steroids?

[Maksutov]

As reported on the BBC site

Jupiter now has 63, our count thread was up to 60 a couple years ago.

So, is Saturn the Maris, McGwire, Sosa, or Bonds of moons?

I would have to say Maris. After all, Jupiter had to have taken steroids to bulk up as much as it has. :wink:

Wouldn't that be A-steroids?

A-Hem!

=D>

Some what's between Mars and Jupiter is a bunch of anabolics?

:-k

Just goes to show the wisdom of Aaron on the side of caution.

[Sticks]

As reported on the BBC site

Could you please copy-paste the article here? I can't open the URL above since BBC was banned by the government.

That would be against the rules of this forum

[Doodler]

As reported on the BBC site

Could you please copy-paste the article here? I can't open the URL above since BBC was banned by the government.

Check your Private Messages.


Added: Just my opinion, but 3-7km is still a pretty sizable chunk of real estate, and certainly larger than some of the glorified rubble that gets satellite credit in the Jupiter system.

[Van Rijn]

As I grew up, I "knew" Jupiter had 12 moons and Saturn had 9. That had been true for many years, well known since before I was born.

Then Pioneer and Voyager had to come along and mess all that up. More than once, the numbers changed overnight. I don't even try to keep count these days. *sigh*

[Glom]

Naming the moons of Saturn will soon be like naming American states. I think I can do it. Here goes:

1. Maine
2. Vermont
3. New Hampshire
4. Conneticut
5. Rhode Island
6. Massechussetts
7. New York
8. New Jersey
9. Delaware
10. Pennsylvania
11. Maryland
12. North Carolina
13. South Carolina
14. Virginia
15. West Virginia
16. Georgia
17. Florida
18. Louisiana
19. Arkansas
20. Tennessee
21. Mississippi
22. Missouri
23. Kentucky
24. Indiana
25. Illinois
26. Michigan
27. Ohio
28. Iowa
29. Minnesota
30. Wisconsin
31. North Dakota
32. South Dakota
33. Nebraska
34. Oklahama
35. Kansas
36. Texas
37. New Mexico
38. Arizona
39. Nevada
40. Utah
41. California
42. Oregon
43. Wyoming
44. Idaho
45. Montana
46. Washington
47. Alaska
48. Hawaii

Missing two. Hmm. Colorado and Alabama.

Now someone did it for Saturn's moon.