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Saturn has 128 new moons – more than the rest of the planets combined (www.newscientist.com)
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[–] pwnicholson@lemmy.world 20 points 22 hours ago

*"Newly identified moons" I'm pretty sure they've been there for a while.

Having 128 new moons would really be noteworthy!