Two New Moons Found Orbiting Jupiter

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Currently known as S/2011 J1 and S/2011 J2, the new moons were first identified in images acquired with the Magellan-Baade Telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile on September 27, 2011. The objects are among the smallest moons yet discovered in the solar system, each measuring only about a kilometer (0.62 mile) wide.

These two bring the total moon count up to 66.

I wish we had 66 moons! It would make for some interesting tidal patterns...

Originally posted by UdonNiedtuno

I wish we had 66 moons! It would make for some interesting tidal patterns...

indeed it would but the possible menstrual cycles would TOTALLY cancel out the cool tides...

nice find, though! wonder what else jupiter is hiding?

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i agree.
god help the poor men of jupiter.

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Maybe it's also hiding land... Jupiter is thought to be a Gas giant, but perhaps there is rock near the center?

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lol.



poor women too, its like everybody always has to suffer somehow, this world is nice, but the people living on it suck.


i want my freedoms back

(not trying to derail lol sorry)



also, cool 2 more moons!

? Interesting!!!!

Anyone been following the Andromeda Council allegations? They say they have put a planet and a moon in orbit behind jupiter.

I wonder if we took a photo of "Dakote"

www.andromedacouncil.com...

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How does one put a planet 'behind' orbiting planets?

This should be interesting if not comical.

Jupiter's size could be used to hide the obvious buildup of the rebel Alliances "Death Star" fleet in preparation for the conquest of Earth by Darth Vader!

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the rebel alliance had a deathstar?!

someone needs to rewatch starwars.....

anything is possible. Even Earth would look like a lifeless planet from space, maybe thre is land on jupiter that we cant see.

Originally posted by Redevilfan09
anything is possible. Even Earth would look like a lifeless planet from space, maybe thre is land on jupiter that we cant see.

not that lifeless planet?

an advanced race would be able to zoom right in on Earth with thermal/xray/infrared high resolution imagery,
earth probably lights up like a bloody beacon saying HERE WE ARE, not to mention the high frequency radio waves and whatever else were doing which adds a nice CAN YOU HEAR US AS WELL?? vibe to our little planet.

let us hope that there aren't malevolent nomadic tech beings with a thirst for alien bloods.

These are space ship sized objects.......Perhaps they are new to the orbit?
Whos to say they are not?
Pics or it didnt happen.......

These are space ship sized objects.......Perhaps they are new to the orbit?
Whos to say they are not?
Pics or it didnt happen.......

Originally posted by JLO1986
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Maybe it's also hiding land... Jupiter is thought to be a Gas giant, but perhaps there is rock near the center?

Scientists today DON'T think Jupiter is all gas. Science believes Jupiter may have a rocky/icy inner core (a core about the size of the Earth) which is surrounded by liquid metallic hydrogen. This liquid metallic hydrogen is formed when hydrogen gas is put under tremendous pressure.

Outside that liquid metallic hydrogen layer is the gas layer that we see, which extends 1/4 or 1/2 of the way toward the center (the transition point between the gas layer and the liquid metallic hydrogen layer is not a sharp and distinct line).