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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Hannah Devlin and Nicola Davis

Saturn regains status as planet with most moons in solar system

Saturn’s rings as viewed by Nasa’s Cassini spacecraft.
The new moons will eventually be given names based on Gallic, Norse and Canadian Inuit gods, in keeping with convention for Saturn’s moons. Photograph: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/Reuters

Saturn has regained its crown as the planet with the most moons in the solar system, just months after being overtaken by its fellow gas giant Jupiter.

The leap-frog comes after the discovery of 62 new moons of Saturn, bringing its official total to 145. Jupiter, which added 12 moons to its tally in February, has 95 moons that have been formally designated by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

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