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12 new moons found around jupiter


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"Researchers have proposed naming the "oddball" Valetudo, after the Roman goddess of health and hygiene."

The funny thing is, Valetudo in Portuguese (vale tudo) means - Everything Goes or Free for All depending on the context. Which I think both are suitable :sticktongue:

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Upper and lower size limits are "allways" a debatable topic in astronomy apparently, from wikipedia:

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Definition of a moon

There is no established lower limit on what is considered a "moon". Every natural celestial body with an identified orbit around a planet of the Solar System, some as small as a kilometer across, has been considered a moon, though objects a tenth that size within Saturn's rings, which have not been directly observed, have been called moonlets. Small asteroid moons (natural satellites of asteroids), such as Dactyl, have also been called moonlets.[13]

The upper limit is also vague. Two orbiting bodies are sometimes described as a double planet rather than primary and satellite. Asteroids such as 90 Antiope are considered double asteroids, but they have not forced a clear definition of what constitutes a moon. Some authors consider the Pluto–Charon system to be a double (dwarf) planet. The most common[citation needed] dividing line on what is considered a moon rests upon whether the barycentre is below the surface of the larger body, though this is somewhat arbitrary, because it depends on distance as well as relative mass.

Save with planets and dwarf planets for instance.

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