Saturn is the solar system’s ‘moon king,’ with 20 more spotted

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saturn is now being recognised as the "moon king" of our solar system, with astronomers spotting 20 more of them orbiting the giant ringed planet, bringing its total count to 82 - three more than Jupiter. The newly identified small moons, ranging from about 2 to 4 miles (3 to 6 km) in diameter, were detected using the Subaru telescope in Hawaii by a research team led by astronomer Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington. "Saturn is the moon king," Sheppard said on Wednesday in an email interview.

The post Saturn is the solar system’s ‘moon king,’ with 20 more spotted appeared first on Firstpost.

from Firstpost