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When I was in high school there were about 50 moons in the entire system. There were zero exoplanets now, there’s thousands today.
by midasuni 4y ago
When I was in high school there were about 50 moons in the entire system. There were zero exoplanets now, there’s thousands today.
- isolli 4y agoI'm happy that we're finding ever more exoplanets! I remember, as a kid, that there was speculation as to whether they even existed. I'm less happy about the moon inflation in our solar system. It's pointless. I honestly find the claim that Jupiter has 79 moons misleading. A 1 km rock orbiting 20 million kilometers away, really? It's so far removed from what our moon is that we should not be using the same word to describe it. It's fine to call it a satellite.