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Jovian moons with the newly discovered ones shown in bold. The 'oddball,' called Valetudo after the Roman god Jupiter's great-granddaughter, has a prograde orbit that crosses the retrograde orbits. Credit: By Roberto Molar-Candanosa, courtesy of Carnegie Institution for Science.

11 “Normal” Moons And One ‘Oddball’ Orbiting Jupiter – Discovered

MessageToEagle.com | July 19, 2018

MessageToEagle.com – Twelve new moons orbiting Jupiter have been found—11 “normal” outer moons, and one that they’re calling an “oddball.” This brings Jupiter’s total number of known moons is

On This Day In History: Galileo Discovered Four Jupiter’s Moons – On Jan 7, 1610

MessageToEagle.com | January 7, 2017

MessageToEagle.com – On January 7th, 1610, four hundred years ago, Galileo Galilei, the Italian astronomer and mathematician made a discovery of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io

Doomed Moons Of Uranus – Cupid And Belinda Are On Collision Course

MessageToEagle | August 9, 2012

MessageToEagle.com – They say there is no way to escape your fate. That is certainly true for Cupid and Belinda, two of the mysterious inner moons of Uranus that

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