Scientists have discovered 10 more satellites of Jupiter

The Dhaka Times Desk The largest planet in the solar system is Jupiter. With the discovery of new satellites at various times, its number of satellites stood at 69. But recently, space scientists have discovered 10 new satellites of Jupiter. As a result, the total number of discovered satellites of this large planet currently stands at 79. A group of US researchers announced the discovery of these new satellites on Tuesday.

On January 8, 1610, the great scientist Galileo pointed a telescope at the sky for the first time. And the discovery of one planet-satellite after another. That trend still continues. Jupiter's moon Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system with a diameter of 142,984 km. Its diameter is 5,268 km. But the newly discovered moons are quite small compared to Ganymede. According to the researchers, the diameter of the new 10 satellites is between 1 and 4 kilometers. The diameter of the minimum is 600 meters and the diameter of the maximum is about 4 kilometers.

Researchers at the Carnage Institution in the state of Washington, USA, released various information about the new satellites at a press conference on Tuesday, July 17. They claim to have discovered 12 new moons of Jupiter. Of these, researchers have given detailed descriptions of 10 satellites. "Jupiter is like a big vacuum cleaner," said lead author Sheppard. Because its size, volume and mass are very much. These satellites were formed early in the formation of the solar system. During the formation of the solar system, these pieces of the universe began to revolve around Jupiter under the gravitational pull of Jupiter. So we think they are made of a mixture of half rock and half ice that has been orbiting Jupiter for hundreds of millions of years.

Among them, the discoverers named one of the new 10 satellites 'Oddball'. Because it spins differently from the other 9. This satellite is also orbiting Jupiter from the same direction as Jupiter rotates on its own axis. The researchers think that it is likely to collide with other satellites as a result of its reverse rotation. Even earlier, this satellite may have collided with another satellite.