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700-Metre Asteroid Hides Inside Venus's Orbit, Completes Sun Circle In 128 Days
A fast-orbiting, 700-metre asteroid discovered within Venus's orbit highlights hidden near-Sun populations and underscores the difficulty of spotting potentially hazardous space rocks.
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Saturn Moons: Saturn Outshines Jupiter With Discovery Of 20 New Moons
The fifth planet in the solar system, Jupiter earlier had the badge of having the most moons- 79, but now Saturn, which stands sixth in the solar system has surpassed its neighbour on Monday when a team of astronomers led by Scott S. Sheppard discovered 20 new moons on the planet.
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Astronomers Discover 12 More Moons Of Jupiter, Including An Oddity
Our solar system's oldest and biggest planet, Jupiter, has many moons. And astronomers have just announced the discovery of a dozen more. On Tuesday, the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center published the orbits for 12 newfound Jovian moons -- bringing Jupiter's total to 79 moons, said Scott Sheppard, a scientist at the Carnegie I...
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"Real Oddball" Among 12 New Moons Discovered Around Jupiter
A dozen new moons have been discovered around Jupiter, bringing its total number of known moons to 79, the most of any planet in our solar system, astronomers announced Tuesday. One of the new moons was described as a "real oddball" by researcher Scott Sheppard at the Carnegie Institution for Science, because of its tiny size, it measuring just abo...
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Astronomers find mini-planet in solar system's backyard
Astronomers have found a dwarf planet far beyond the orbit of Pluto and can only guess how it got there.
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700-Metre Asteroid Hides Inside Venus's Orbit, Completes Sun Circle In 128 Days
A fast-orbiting, 700-metre asteroid discovered within Venus's orbit highlights hidden near-Sun populations and underscores the difficulty of spotting potentially hazardous space rocks.
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Saturn Moons: Saturn Outshines Jupiter With Discovery Of 20 New Moons
The fifth planet in the solar system, Jupiter earlier had the badge of having the most moons- 79, but now Saturn, which stands sixth in the solar system has surpassed its neighbour on Monday when a team of astronomers led by Scott S. Sheppard discovered 20 new moons on the planet.
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Astronomers Discover 12 More Moons Of Jupiter, Including An Oddity
Our solar system's oldest and biggest planet, Jupiter, has many moons. And astronomers have just announced the discovery of a dozen more. On Tuesday, the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center published the orbits for 12 newfound Jovian moons -- bringing Jupiter's total to 79 moons, said Scott Sheppard, a scientist at the Carnegie I...
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"Real Oddball" Among 12 New Moons Discovered Around Jupiter
A dozen new moons have been discovered around Jupiter, bringing its total number of known moons to 79, the most of any planet in our solar system, astronomers announced Tuesday. One of the new moons was described as a "real oddball" by researcher Scott Sheppard at the Carnegie Institution for Science, because of its tiny size, it measuring just abo...
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Astronomers find mini-planet in solar system's backyard
Astronomers have found a dwarf planet far beyond the orbit of Pluto and can only guess how it got there.
