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Story summary
- The Minor Planet Center announced four new moons for Jupiter and eleven for Saturn, bringing Jupiter's total to 101 and Saturn's to 285.
- The new moons raise the solar system's known count to 442, and Earth has one moon and Mars two.
- The moons are small, averaging 1.9 miles in diameter, and were detected with large telescopes.
- Edward Ashton led Saturn's team.
- Astronomers Scott Sheppard and David Tholen discovered Jupiter's moons.
