Wat draait daar allemaal om planeet Saturnus?

Onlangs werden 128 nieuwe manen bij Saturnus bevestigd. Wat moeten we daar nou weer van denken?

Saturn now has a ridiculous number of moons;

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/saturn-new-moons-record

Recent MPECs:

https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/RecentMPECs.html

2025 Discovery of more Saturnian Moons:

https://phas.ubc.ca/2025-discovery-more-saturnian-moons

With a total now of 274 known moons, Saturn leads all of the planets by far:

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/its-official-saturn-has-128-new-moons/

Measurement and implications of Saturn’s gravity field and ring mass:

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aat2965

Saturn Hasn’t Always Had Rings:

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/saturn-hasnt-always-had-rings/

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