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New Satellites of Jupiter Discovered
dss902 writes "The discovery of 18 new satellites of Jupiter, bringing the total of known Jupiter satellites to 58 were made using the world's two largest digital cameras at the Subaru (8.3 meter diameter) and Canada-France-Hawaii (3.6 meter diameter) telescopes atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Recoveries were performed at the University of Hawaii 2.2 meter with help from Yanga Fernandez and Henry Hsieh also from the University of Hawaii. Brian Marsden of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics performed the orbit fitting for the new satellites.
More info here."
We ran a story on the
first eight,
but now... eighteen.
Some new worlds to explore with my starship made from a floppy!
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... that all this time Jupiter has been mooning us 58 times simultaneously. That cheeky devil!
OLPC Australia
In the proportion 1:3:9?
You mean the Canada-Freedom-Hawaii!! Silly Americans! Tricks are for kids!
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Yes, they make a telescope, and it transfers power from the moons that slip to the moons that grip!
In Soviet Rush, today's Tom Sawyer gets high on you.
I always use Jupiter's satellites to name my servers and I was getting out of options.
You know how it is with those crash diets. First you cut back until you're only 254 times as massive as the Earth. Then, you get a sudden craving for a frozen treat and have a couple of comets and bam! You're up to 318 again.
A moon is when you bend over and show Uranus to someone.