00:00Saturn is known for its iconic rings, but it should probably also be known for its moons.
00:09The Ringed World was already the record holder for the most natural satellites of any planet in the solar system at 146.
00:16However, now astronomers say we can add 128 new ones to its orbiting repertoire.
00:21For anyone doing the math, that's an astronomical 274 moons in total orbiting Saturn.
00:26So how did they go unnoticed for so long?
00:28Well, there are a couple of reasons.
00:29First, they are all irregular in that they are further away from Saturn than expected and orbit in non-conventional ways.
00:35The other reason is that many of the moons are likely a result of a collision which occurred around 100 million years ago.
00:40Meaning Saturn has a wild mix of prograde and retrograde orbiting moons.
00:44Meaning there's a mix of moons traveling both with and against its orbit.
00:48Still, many of the recently discovered orbiters are extremely tiny.
00:51Though there's no size threshold a moon has to be to be considered moon-worthy.
00:55Some of them are even less than 2.5 miles wide.
00:58Revealing just how much better astronomy tools are becoming as Saturn resides some 985 million miles from Earth.
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01:11If you do,
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