Saturn now has over 100 identified moons – greater than another planet

Saturn formally has probably the most moons of any planet within the photo voltaic system, usurping Jupiter. The Worldwide Astronomical Union (IAU) has introduced the addition of 28 pure satellites for the ringed planet, bringing its whole to 117 versus Jupiter’s 95.

Because the photo voltaic system’s most large planets, Saturn and Jupiter have sufficient gravitational pull to pluck area rocks from their orbit across the solar. These captured satellites, termed irregular moons, usually have unusual, broadly looping orbits and astronomers are …