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12 new moons discovered around Jupiter(1/3)

2018-07-18 09:28:33 Ecns.cn Editor :Yao Lan

$This image shows the different groupings of moons orbiting Jupiter, with the newly discovered moons displayed in bold. The \$

This image shows the different groupings of moons orbiting Jupiter, with the newly discovered moons displayed in bold. The "oddball" moon, known as Valetudo, can be seen in green in a prograde orbit that crosses over the retrograde orbits.(Photo/VCG)

During a quest to find Planet Nine, a mysterious planet believed to be on the edge of our solar system, astronomers discovered something else: 12 new moons around Jupiter. And one of them is quite the oddball. The discoveries bring the number of Jupiter's known moons to 79, the most around a single planet in our solar system.

$NASA\'s Juno spacecraft captures Jupiter\'s southern hemisphere, as the spacecraft performed its 13th close flyby of Jupiter on May 23, 2018.$

NASA's Juno spacecraft captures Jupiter's southern hemisphere, as the spacecraft performed its 13th close flyby of Jupiter on May 23, 2018.

$Images taken in May 2018 with Carnegie\'s 6.5-meter Magellan telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. Lines point to Valetudo, the newly discovered \$

Images taken in May 2018 with Carnegie's 6.5-meter Magellan telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. Lines point to Valetudo, the newly discovered "oddball" moon.(Photo/VCG)