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    Which planet has the most moons?

    Question #30900. Asked by CRISP. (Mar 31 03 2:29 PM)


    mibmob

    		Jupiter, and most or all are named after his lovers.
    http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~jewitt/jmoons/jmoons.html

    Mar 31 03, 2:33 PM
    McGruff

    		Jupiter, which holds the title of largest planet in the solar system, has now captured the "planet with the most moons" title from the ringed world of Saturn.

    On May 16, 2002, astronomers from the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy and England's Cambridge University announced that they have discovered 11 new moons around Jupiter, bringing the total of Jovian moons to 39. This beats Saturn's moons by nine.
    http://www.planetary.org/html/news/articlearchive/headlines/2002/11newmoons.html

    Mar 31 03, 6:16 PM
    serpa

    		Update: Jupiter has 63 confirmed moons, giving it the largest retinue of moons with "reasonably secure" orbits of any planet in the Solar System.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Jupiter

    Mar 11 10, 11:03 AM

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