Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/10/08/scientists-spot-20-more-moons.html
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Frosted mini-moons?
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Captured comets, possibly?
ETA: no, its addressed in the article. Oooh, there’s an opportunity to name the moons! Is Thor McThorface taken?
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Jupiter and Saturn are obviously locked in a some sort of Gimli-vs-Legolas orc-body-count contest, but with moons instead.
And I’m sure Saturn is smugly taunting Jupiter now that it’s pulled ahead.
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Given that, as with planets until recently, I don’t think we have a clear definition of a moon…wouldn’t almost every speck of rock in Saturn’s rings kinda technically count, even if they’re almost all unnamed?
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