Have I Posted This Before?
I don’t think I have. I had the intention to at some point, but I don’t think I ever did.
So here it is.
A simulation, obviously, but it gives you a sense of scale and space and I love stuff that gives us a good sense of scale and space, don’t you? It’s terrifying and beautiful and amazing all at the same time.
MOON FAMILY!
So Saturn already held the record in the Solar System for the most moons at 146, but a set of 128 new satellites discovered by a team of astronomers back in 2023 have officially been classified as moons! Saturn now has 274 recognized moons, which is pretty insane. Most of these new moons are extremely small, but still.
Also, I’m just going to leave this here.
(Yes, it’s a SolarBalls episode; yes, I’m still wildly obsessed; yes, it’s relevant because SolarBalls Saturn would probably lose his mind over an additional 128 new moon names to memorize.)
Edit: in searching for a relevant article to this story, I found this NASA article from 1995 talking about the discovery of two to four new Saturnian moon candidates. Back then, the total confirmed number of moons was only 18. Pretty wild!
Eigenblogger 