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43 More Moons Discovered Orbiting Jupiter
linuxwrangler writes "Scott S. Sheppard, a graduate student at the University of Hawaii, has discovered 43 more moons orbiting Jupiter more than doubling the number of known Jovian moons. The small moons, which follow wildly irregular orbits, are thought to be the result of ancient collisions of larger moons. Sheppard used a 2.2 and a 3.6 meter telescope at the Mauna Kea observatory to catalog the moons."
Now we can call them, what, Sheppard moons? But Jupiter's ring is so insignificant!
Ahhhh, astronomy puns.
Can I get one on eBay?
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
"Since when did the earth have two moons? Is it possible to see the other one? "
That's no moon....
"Derp de derp."
I hope he's good on TV, and has a penchant for writing to the masses. A strange pronounciation of a common word would help too.
We need someone to fill the shoes of Carl Sagan
If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
They'll discover that Earth is a moon of Jupiter, and that the universe revolves around Jupiter? Hey didn't we go over this about 250 years ago?
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Have EVDO, will travel.
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"I'm so moist I'm sticking to the leather." -Kermit the Frog on The Late Late Show
Not to degrade Mr. Sheppard's discovery, but it's not that big a deal, really.
Got to disagree with you there...
What this guy did was add to a map of the solar system. Finding these moons means we don't have to worry about crashing billion dollar probes into them because "I didn't know it was there"
Your comment sounds more like jealousy than critique.
As an undergrad student I was published twice and had posters involving my work presented at two or three conferences.
Yeah but I bet you never had your work published and slashdotted!