Galileo Would Be Stunned: Jupiter Now Has 79 Moons
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.
More than 400 years after Galileo Galilei discovered the first of Jupiter's moons, astronomers have found a dozen more — including one they've dubbed "oddball" — orbiting the planet. That brings the total number of Jovian moons to 79.
The team of astronomers originally wasn't even looking for the 12 new moons. of the Carnegie Institution for Science says he and his colleagues had been trying to track down a they think may be lurking at the outer reaches of our solar system.
