New Satellites of Jupiter Discovered

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday April 6, 2003 @03:25AM 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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Subaru? by The+Original+Yama · 2003-04-06 03:28 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Subaru make telescopes now? I thought they just made cars.

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In Soviet Russia by Gruturo · 2003-04-06 11:38 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Jovian moons name YOU!

*ducks*

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