New Moon of Jupiter Discovered

xihr writes "Astronomers have discovered a new moon of Jupiter, bringing its known retinue of satellites to a whopping 40. The new moon, designated S/2002 J1, is only 3 km wide, and has a highly inclined and eccentric orbit. Astronomy.com has the story."

Comments

I think we should steal it.

[drfishy]

Lets take that moon into earth orbit, it could be fun.

By Jove!!!

[digitalsushi]

By Jove, another moon!

runs away quickly

Old Joke...

[Cyno01]

Thats no moon, its a space station!

Finally!

[Lu Xun]

Does it have tiny volcanos that have to be cleaned every day with a chimney broom? Now we know where that little boy from the stars returns to at the end of every episode!

Cool money making scheme

[div_2n]

I think space agencies should auction off on e-bay the right to name new celestial bodies. Why not? Everything else is for auction. Could be fun.

"Class, this is a picture of YourMomNaked as it completes its orbit cycle."

Is Cowboy Neal wide enough to count as a moon?

[YellowSnow]

Readers have discovered a new post on the linux desktop, bringing its known retinue of dupes to a whopping 40. The new post, designated S/2002 J1, is only 3 k long, and has a highly inclined and eccentric style. Slashdot.org has the story. Again!

This just in . . .

[Lagrange5]

Astronomers have discovered two new specks of Jovian dust, JM20022812174130 and JM20022812174130A, which are Jupiter's 84,519,786,014th and 84,519,786,015th moons, respectively.

Scientists are now beginning the process of officially naming the two new worlds. This is expected to pass through several committees before signature in March 2007.

With the discovery, Jupiter is now 3,845,108,491 moons ahead of closest rival Saturn in the race for biggest posse in the solar system.