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Twelve New Moons Found for Saturn

Posted by timothy on from the eleven-moons-and-a-battle-station dept.

sebFlyte writes "Auntie is reporting that astronomers have found 12 new moons orbiting Saturn. Most of these are thought to be captured bodies, and they bring the total number of Saturn's moons up to 46, which is 17 short of Jupiter's total of 63. The new moons don't seem to have been named yet."

6 of 52 comments (clear)

  1. Names by youknowmewell · · Score: 5, Funny

    Big rock 1, Big rock 2, Big rock 3...

  2. Names? by El+Icaro · · Score: 1, Funny

    Can I name one first post?

  3. Re:hmm, lots of moons there.... by Scott7477 · · Score: 1, Funny

    If it is, how about "Butt head Astronomer"?

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  4. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld already in use by NoSuchGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    George W Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney

    These names are already in use by some slime-mold Beetles. Read more here

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  5. Re:Previous 34 moons by Monokeros · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... and Bob

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    The Statue of Liberty is America's lawn jockey.
  6. Name one for yourself! by bluGill · · Score: 2, Funny

    There are 12 new moons to name. For $10000 I will register the name of your moon in a book with the US copyright office ($500 for each extra foreign country). You will also get a chart of the night sky, and instructions on how to find saturn, and your moon[1]. But wait, there is more, I will also send you a customized version of kstars with your moon name and orbit clearly marked, so you can keep track of your moon at anytime.

    Better hurry, there are only 12 moons to name, once they are gone they are gone.

    Don't be fooled my cheap name a star offers. There are millions of stars to name, but Saturn only has unnamed 12 moons - once they are named I will never make an offer to name them again.

    [1]Telescope powerful enough to view your moon is available for an extra charge.