Saturn leaves behind Jupiter as the planet now has 145 Satellites

For many years, Saturn was said to be the planet with the most moons. That means it had the most satellites. Satellites are celestial bodies that revolve around planets. Just as planets revolve around the sun, satellites revolve around their planet. Different planets have different satellites or moons. Just like Earth has its own moon. Similarly, Mars, Uranus and Neptune also have their own moons. Recently 12 new moons of Jupiter were discovered, after which it became the planet with the most moons in the solar system. But now this crown has again come to the head of Saturn.

65 new moons of Saturn have been discovered in the solar system, after which it has become the planet with the most moons. Jupiter was by far the largest planet with 95 moons. It is still the largest planet in size but Saturn has once again pushed it behind in terms of satellites. The Guardian According to , now the total number of moons of Saturn has reached 145 and it is the planet with the highest number of satellites.

A team of space scientists at the University of British Columbia has discovered 62 new moons of Saturn. Professor Brett Gladman, an astronomer at the same university who was involved in the research, said that Saturn has not only almost doubled the number of its moons, but it now has the most moons compared to all the other planets in the solar system. That is, even if all the moons of all other planets are combined, the number of moons of Saturn is much more than that. Now they have been identified with numbers on the basis of research. But soon they will be named after Gaelic, Norse and Canadian Inuit Gods.

Saturn previously had 83 moons that were identified by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). To discover its new moons, the team used a technique called ‘shift and stack’. In this technique some images are used which are shifted at the same speed at which a moon moves. Due to this, less bright objects present in space are also visible. These new moons of Saturn are also said to be less bright.