{"id":166215,"date":"2024-11-01T15:13:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T15:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/01\/50-years-ago-scientists-found-a-new-moon-orbiting-jupiter\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T15:13:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T15:13:16","slug":"50-years-ago-scientists-found-a-new-moon-orbiting-jupiter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/01\/50-years-ago-scientists-found-a-new-moon-orbiting-jupiter\/","title":{"rendered":"50 years ago, scientists found a new moon orbiting Jupiter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jupiter\u2019s new moon<\/strong> \u2014 Science News<\/a><\/em>, November 2, 1974<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jupiter\u2019s tentatively identified 13th moon, discovered in September by California Institute of Technology astronomer Charles Kowal, now appears almost certain to be the real thing.\u2026 So far known only as J-XIII, the object appears to orbit the planet in the same direction as its rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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J-XIII, now known as Leda, was just the beginning. Scientists now recognize a bounteous 95 moons of Jupiter. And thousands of smaller objects orbit the planet, too. A few moons were uncovered by the Voyager spacecraft in 1979. In recent years, telescope surveys have unveiled a dozen moons at a time<\/a> (SN: 7\/17\/18<\/em>).<\/em> Detailed studies of the largest moons have revealed Io\u2019s lava lakes<\/a> and Europa\u2019s icy surface<\/a> (SN: 4\/18\/24; SN: 12\/15\/22<\/em>). NASA\u2019s Europa Clipper mission is slated to arrive at the icy moon in 2030 to search for signs of habitability<\/a> (SN: 10\/15\/24<\/em>). And the European Space Agency\u2019s Juice mission<\/a> will scrutinize Europa, Callisto and Ganymede beginning in 2031 (SN: 12\/20\/23<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n