Moons of Jupiter
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For two decades no additional moons were discovered; but between October 1999 and February 2003, researchers using sensitive ground-based detectors found another 32 moons, most of which were discovered by a team led by Scott S. Sheppard and David C. Jewitt. These are tiny moons, in long, eccentric, generally retrograde orbits, and average of in diameter, with the largest being just across. All of these moons are thought to be captured asteroidal or perhaps cometary bodies, possibly fragmented into several pieces, but very little is actually known about them. A number of 14 additional moons were discovered since then, but not yet confirmed, bringing the total number of observed moons of Jupiter at 63. As of 2008, this is the most of any planet in the Solar System, but additional undiscovered, tiny moons may exist.
- Related: Galilean moons, Jupiter's moons in fiction
| Jupiter Satellite Data Jupiter Satellite Data www.dtm.ciw.edu/users/sheppard/satellites/jupsatdata.html - Web |
| Jupiter, and The Giant Planet Satellite and Moon P... Jupiter, and The Giant Planet Satellite and Moon Page www.dtm.ciw.edu/users/sheppard/satellites - Web |
| Simulation showing the position of Jupiter's Moon Simulation showing the position of Jupiter's Moon www.orinetz.com/planet/tourprog/jupitermoons.html - Web |
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| Animated tour of Jupiter's Moons Animated tour of Jupiter's Moons alienworlds.glam.ac.uk/jovianMoons.html - Web |
| Jupiter's Moons Jupiter's Moons solarsystem.nasa.gov/.../profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter&Display=Moons - Web |
| Articles on the Jupiter System Articles on the Jupiter System www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Archive/Archive-Jupiter.html - Web |
| An animation of the Jovian system of moons An animation of the Jovian system of moons www.orbitsimulator.com/gravity/articles/joviansystem.html - Web |
