*"Newly identified moons"
I'm pretty sure they've been there for a while.
Having 128 new moons would really be noteworthy!
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grillgamesh @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 9mon
Perhaps when they become fully operational battle stations?
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otter - 9mon
Slut.
Try not to grab another moon on your way through the parking lot!
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Troy - 9mon
This is a great question. It's like asking when a rock is too small to be a planet. I suspect there were be a definition eventually that mirrors the planetary definition -- something like "spherical(ish) and clears its orbit". The issue is that Mars would lose its two moons under that definition.
So we might end up with something like "moons" vs "natural satellites" and Mars will just have to suck it up.
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kinttach @lemm.ee - 9mon
Moons vs. dwarf moons? (Sounds like a fantasy novel series.)
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Bristingr @lemm.ee - 9mon
What, having the best rings wasn't good enough for Saturn? Gosh, how greedy. /s
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spicy pancake - 9mon
"Did you bring enough to share with the whole class?"
throws_lemy in astronomy
Saturn has 128 new moons – more than the rest of the planets combined
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2471071-saturn-has-128-new-moons-more-than-the-rest-of-the-planets-combined/*"Newly identified moons" I'm pretty sure they've been there for a while.
Having 128 new moons would really be noteworthy!
Perhaps when they become fully operational battle stations?
Slut.
Try not to grab another moon on your way through the parking lot!
This is a great question. It's like asking when a rock is too small to be a planet. I suspect there were be a definition eventually that mirrors the planetary definition -- something like "spherical(ish) and clears its orbit". The issue is that Mars would lose its two moons under that definition.
So we might end up with something like "moons" vs "natural satellites" and Mars will just have to suck it up.
Moons vs. dwarf moons? (Sounds like a fantasy novel series.)
What, having the best rings wasn't good enough for Saturn? Gosh, how greedy. /s
"Did you bring enough to share with the whole class?"
the class: