Saturn Secures Its Title as the ‘Moon King’ With Major Haul of New Moons
Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant. The record-breaking statistic puts Saturn way ahead of its moon-bearing competitors, as now the ringed planet is officially orbited by almost twice as many moons as all other planets in the solar system combined.
The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...
In August 2006 the International Astronomical Union General Assembly adopted a resolution to reclassify Pluto as a dwarf planet. The reasoning was that it didn't satisfy one of three newly defined ...
Back in 2006 our Solar System lost a planet, not because it disappeared, but because it was reclassified. Pluto, now considered a dwarf planet, failed one of the three tests the International ...
The International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet because it does not clear its orbit of other debris. Pluto was the little planet that could — until it couldn’t.
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