00:03Saturn long held the record for having the most moons however just a few months ago after the
00:08discovery of more moons orbiting Jupiter that planet took the lead well now using new data
00:13and image stacking methods astronomers have just discovered dozens of new moons circling Saturn
00:18putting it firmly back in the lead in total researchers with academia Seneca Institute
00:23of Astronomy and Astrophysics in Taiwan found 62 new orbiters bringing Saturn up to 145 moons in
00:30total in fact the astronomers new observations were even able to identify one of the smallest
00:35moons ever one that is only 1.55 miles in diameter meaning it's even smaller than Pluto's moon sticks
00:41which is only 9.9 miles across and the previously smallest moon ever discovered finding moons around
00:47our solar system's largest planets is harder than one might expect science alert reports Jupiter and
00:52Saturn are two of the brightest objects in the entire system meaning the light that reflects off
00:56of them from the Sun obfuscates anything else that might be in the area especially those planets own
01:01moons and they need to be tracked over the course of several orbits to make sure they are moons and
01:06not just a passing object like a meteor with the lead researcher on the project likening their
01:10identification to a children's connect the dots game but with hundreds of games on a single page
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