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We had the Cassini spacecraft in the Saturn system for 10 years, and in the past two years we've found 32 new moons! We've found 67% more moons with earth-base
by prewett 7y ago
We had the Cassini spacecraft in the Saturn system for 10 years, and in the past two years we've found 32 new moons! We've found 67% more moons with earth-based telescopes than we discovered actually being there. Wow, space is big and we know nothing. (Of course, I don't think Cassini was actually looking for new moons on the outskirts, but still, I'm surprised we didn't accidentally find some of these...)
- m0skit0 7y agoCassini's instrumentation was focused on studying surfaces, not finding moons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens#Instruments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens#Instru...