Saturn now has over 100 known moons – more than any other planet

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

Saturn and Jupiter, the photo voltaic system’s largest planets, have sufficient gravity to tear area rocks from their orbits across the solar. These captured satellites, referred to as irregular moons, usually have unusual, broadly rotating orbits, and astronomers…