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New Satellites of Jupiter Discovered

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the break-out-cigars-jupiter's-a-daddy dept.

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.

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  1. Great! by Treeluvinhippy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some new worlds to explore with my starship made from a floppy!

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  2. To think.... by The+Original+Yama · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... that all this time Jupiter has been mooning us 58 times simultaneously. That cheeky devil!

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  3. Do any of the new ones look like black slabs? by happyhippy · · Score: 3, Funny

    In the proportion 1:3:9?

  4. Those guys a start a company by arvindn · · Score: 4, Funny
    Jovian satellite naming services Inc

    Get your own Jupiter moon NOW! We offer to name any newly discovered satellite of Jupiter with a word of your choice. Rates starting at just $100/moon! For satellites up to a diameter of 500 km we charge only $100, and $50 extra for every 200km of additional size. You can pre-book a name for yet to be discovered satellites up to 3 years in advance! We have exclusive contracts with international astrophysical society. So hurry!!

  5. Re:Subaru? by worst_name_ever · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, they make a telescope, and it transfers power from the moons that slip to the moons that grip!

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