Jupiter Now Has a Whopping 79 Moons. News. By Chelsea Gohd published 17 July 2018 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

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.

Jupiter is king of the planets. It’s huge, it’s bright in our night skies, and even four of its comparatively tiny moons are bright enough to see with the most basic of telescopes. We’ve ...

That brings Jupiter’s total tally to 79 moons, easily besting runner-up Saturn’s count of 62. None of the dozen moons is more than a couple of miles across.

Jupiter has 79 known moons — the most of any planet in the solar system — and more are expected to be discovered by the Juno spacecraft. Juno is a most amazing spacecraft.

2018 saw the discovery of 12 new moons of Jupiter, bringing the known total to 79. Now a new paper published last week claims to have found many hundreds more.

A team of astronomers discovered 12 new Jupiter moons in March 2017, and the remaining 10 have just been confirmed to bring the total Jupiter moon count to 79. However, one of the new 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.

Jupiter Officially Has 12 New Moons ... Imagine how surprised he would be today to know that the Solar System's largest planet is now known to have 79 satellites.

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.