Thanks BenLurkin.
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Posted on 07/17/2018 10:10:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin
In March 2017, Jupiter was in the perfect location to be observed using the Blanco telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, which has the Dark Energy Camera and can survey the sky for faint objects. Astronomer Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science and his team were using the telescope to search the edge of the solar system for signs of Planet Nine. They realized they could observe Jupiter at the same time.
They would be able to tell the difference between Jupiter and the objects around it versus the distant solar system objects because any objects around Jupiter would be moving at the same rate as the gas giant. Distant solar system objects can’t move that quickly.
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Having a new, bigger camera on the telescope enabled the team to cover a larger percentage of sky. Where their observations had previously been akin to looking through a straw, their capability now is 10 times bigger. And with Jupiter being the biggest planet in our solar system, astronomers need to be able to see as much of the space around it as possible.
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And then there’s the oddball moon. Sheppard believes it could be Jupiter’s smallest, and it has an orbit unlike any other moon around the planet.
It’s been nicknamed Valetudo after the Roman goddess of health and hygiene who is the great-granddaughter of the god Jupiter.
It has a prograde orbit but is more distant and at a different incline. This means it crosses paths with the outer retrograde moons and could collide with them.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
But is there an aurora around Uranus?
I thought the auroras emanated from Uranus!
Well, if you can’t be IBTUJ on threads like this, you might as well be second!
“......brings the total of known moons around Jupiter to 79”.
I had no idea there were so many! Very cool!
Thanks for posting!
Nope it was wiped clean.
Theoretically, there are probably small moons around Hillary’s ass, then.
New bases for the Martian Jupiter Fleet!
Exofleet future bases.
I don’t think those are moons...
>> Sheppard believes it could be Jupiter’s smallest, and it has an orbit unlike any other moon around the planet. <<
Meh. Captured asteroid. Probably will ALWAYS find smaller and smaller “moons” until we’re cataloguing the dust in the ring.
Thanks BenLurkin. Ping to my old APoD list.
Like with a cloth?
In before Uranus jokes!...................
On that subject, I’ve heard that NASA has been looking into Uranus, and in the process, discovered rings around Uranus.
You mean they took time off of their muslim outreach?
Or was this part of the program?....................
Clearly the muzzie outreach wasn't happening, or we'd have read about Jupiter exploding by now.
Ask Shep, Don or Wolfy.....
Ask Shep, Don or Wolfy.....
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