Explained: Which planet has how many moons? | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: Which planet has how many moons? | Explained News, The Indian Express

By Express News Service |New Delhi |Updated: October 10, 2019 6:58:46 am

Explained: Which planet has how many moons?

The newly discovered moons of Saturn are about 5 km each in diameter. Seventeen orbit Saturn opposite to the planet’s rotation, and three in the same direction as Saturn’s rotation.

A count of the moons listed on the NASA website shows that our Solar System’s planets together have 205 confirmed moons now.

On Monday, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center confirmed 20 new moons orbiting Saturn, making it the planet with the most moons in our Solar System, at 82.