Astronomers find 12 new moons, one oddball, orbiting Jupiter

Thursday, July 19, 2018 - 09:00 in Astronomy & Space

Scientists announced the discovery of 12 new moons orbiting the planet Jupiter, including one that bucks the trend by orbiting in the opposite direction from others of its kind. Two astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy, provided crucial observations. Dave Tholen and Dora Fohring, were using the UH 88-inch telescope…. Two astronomers […]

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