Jupiter is up to 92 moons

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Deane Clark
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Jupiter is up to 92 moons

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https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-n ... r-jupiter/

This means Jupiter takes the moon crown from Saturn - for the time being. The search is on for more Saturn moons. There are apparently quite a few objects that move with Saturn, but which haven’t been confirmed as moons yet.
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