Astronomers have discovered 128 new satellites about SaturnGive it uninterrupted progress in the satellite round in the solar system.
Until recently, and The title “Moon King” was held by JupiterBut Saturn now has a total of 274 moons, or nearly twice the number of other planets combined. The team behind the discoveries had previously identified 62 Saturn satellites using the Canada Huawei Telescope, and after he saw faded hints that there were more notes in 2023.
“We have found 128 new satellites,” said Dr. Edward Ashton, a post -PhD fellow at the institute. astronomy Astronomical physics in the academic circles Sensea in Taiwan. “Based on our expectations, I don’t think Jupiter will catch up with.”
There are 95 satellites of Jupiter with confirmed orbits as of February 5, 2024.
The satellites were officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union this week, and at the present time, chains of numbers and messages have been appointed. Ultimately, they will be given names based on the Gaul, Scandinavian and Canadian Anuet, in line with the Saturn Mutal Agreement. Most of the new satellites are located in the NORSE group, which means that astronomers are now searching for dozens of mysterious gods. “In the end, the criteria may have to relax a little,” Ashton said.
The satellites were identified using “Shift and Stack” technology, where astronomers acquire serial images that follow the moon’s path across the sky and collect them to make the moon bright enough to detect. All 128 new satellites are “irregular moons”, which are potatoes located a few kilometers away. The escalating number of these organisms highlights potential future differences about what is actually considered as a moon.
“I don’t think there is a suitable definition of what was classified as a moon. Ashton said:” It must be there. “However, he added that the team may have reached the extent to discover the moon – at the present time.
Ashton said: “With current technology, I don’t think we can do much better than that has already been done for satellites around Saturn, Uranus and Neptune,” Ashton said.
Documentation notes to reward small satellites in a turbulent period in the early solar system can be given, as the planets that migrated around them were in a common unstable orbits and collisions. New satellites are assembled together in groups, indicating that many of them are the remains of the large things that have collided and crashed within the past 100 meters. All satellites have large oval orbits at an angle of satellites closer to the planet.
“[They] “All fragments of the satellites were originally captured that were originally dismantled due to a violent collision, either with other satellites or with passers -by,” said Professor Brett Gladman, astronomer at the University of British Columbia.
Understanding the dynamics of the numerous Saturn moons can also help solve questions about the origin of Saturn’s episodes, which scientists suggested being the aftermath of the moon that was Separate.
Separately, European Space Agency Hera is a spacecraft Flyby will be conducted On Wednesday, it comes 190 miles (300 km) from the smallest and most distant moon, Dimos. It is believed that the moon, which is about 7 miles, is the result of a giant effect on Mars or the asteroid that was captured in the orbit of the Red Planet. Hera will also photograph the Mars Mars, Foubus, before follow -up Its mission is to wipe the asteroid, DimorphosThis was deliberately struck with a Nassa The investigation three years ago.
Once it reaches the asteroid, HERA will make a detailed scan after affecting the development of technology that can distort dangerous asteroids that may collide with the Earth in the future.
