BANTEN NEWS – The planet Jupiter is one of the largest planets and has the most satellites compared to other planets in the solar system.
This was after a foreign astronomer who had just discovered twelve new satellites orbiting Jupiter.
It is estimated that these new satellites were born from the fragments of satellites that were much larger and destroyed millions of years ago after colliding with other objects in space.
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Then, over time, these fragments became satellites that circled the orbit of the planet Jupiter.
Quoting from the official Instagram account of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia @kemdikbud.ri, the satellite was found on Jupiter and increased the number of satellites on the planet.
Counted, as many as twelve new satellites that have been circling the planet Jupiter with various sizes to the smallest.
It is estimated that the twelve new satellites will take more than 340 days to complete their orbit.
There is a new satellite that is quite large and is named the Ganymede satellite by astronomers and their team.
