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"Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii have found 20 new moons orbiting Saturn. The discovery brings the total number of known Saturnian moons to 82, surpassing Jupiter, which has 79.
Seventeen of them orbit the ringed planet backwards, or in a
retrograde direction, meaning their movement is opposite of the planet’s rotation around its axis. The other three moons orbit in the prograde — the same direction as Saturn rotates.
Two of the prograde moons are closer to the planet and take about two years to travel once around it. The more-distant retrograde moons and one of the prograde moons each take more than three years to complete an orbit.
The outer moons of Saturn appear to be grouped into three different clusters in terms of the inclinations of the angles at which they are orbiting around the planet.
Two of the newly-discovered prograde moons fit into a group of outer moons with inclinations of about 46 degrees and are called the Inuit group, as they are named after Inuit mythology.
Likewise, the new retrograde moons have similar inclinations to other previously known retrograde Saturnian moons. These retrograde moons are in the Norse group, with names coming from Norse mythology.
The other newfound prograde moon has an inclination near 36 degrees, which is similar to the other known grouping of inner prograde moons around Saturn called the Gallic group. But this new moon, dubbed S/2004 S24, orbits much farther away from Saturn than any of the other prograde moons."
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Hebrews 11:3
"Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii have found 20 new moons orbiting Saturn. The discovery brings the total number of known Saturnian moons to 82, surpassing Jupiter, which has 79.
Seventeen of them orbit the ringed planet backwards, or in a
Two of the prograde moons are closer to the planet and take about two years to travel once around it. The more-distant retrograde moons and one of the prograde moons each take more than three years to complete an orbit.
The outer moons of Saturn appear to be grouped into three different clusters in terms of the inclinations of the angles at which they are orbiting around the planet.
Two of the newly-discovered prograde moons fit into a group of outer moons with inclinations of about 46 degrees and are called the Inuit group, as they are named after Inuit mythology.
Likewise, the new retrograde moons have similar inclinations to other previously known retrograde Saturnian moons. These retrograde moons are in the Norse group, with names coming from Norse mythology.
The other newfound prograde moon has an inclination near 36 degrees, which is similar to the other known grouping of inner prograde moons around Saturn called the Gallic group. But this new moon, dubbed S/2004 S24, orbits much farther away from Saturn than any of the other prograde moons."
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