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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."

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

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

  2. 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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