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128 New Moons Around Saturn May Be the Result of a Massive Collision

2025-03-16 Science & Technology
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Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about an incredible number of new moons found around Saturn and what it means Links: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.07081 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/graphics/the-atlas-of-moons https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.03861 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn1234 #saturn #moons #collision 0:00 128 more moons around Saturn! 0:40 How this was discovered 1:50 What sort of moons are they? 2:20 What about Jupiter? 3:30 Strange orbits 4:15 Impact hypothesis 7:10 Moons and rings are young 8:30 Enceladus and life 8:55 More objects hiding 9:45 Conclusions Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF Space Engine is available for free here: http://spaceengine.org Enjoy and please subscribe. Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatDaMath Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatdamath Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/whatdamath The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/34DUUlv CPU: https://amzn.to/2LZFQCJ Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: NASA Jacob Kegerreis/Luís Teodoro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey5X-h4htHQ Nrco0e CC BY-SA 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Saturn#/media/File:Saturn_irregular_moon_orbits_tilted_annotated_2025.png Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

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@mac11380 2025-03-16

128 more moons? Good thing there are no werewolves there, they would never get a break....lol

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@elchinator 2025-03-16

Since there is no lower limit to the definition of a "moon", Saturn has millions of "moons" in it's rings. Making it the winner no matter what...

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@coweatsman 2025-03-17

With so many newly discovered moons there may have to be a re-examination of the definition of "moon" just as happened with "planet" causing us to lose Pluto. We may find ourselves with "moonlets" or "mini moons" or "dwarf moons" as a new category as the dividing line between asteroids, large ring granules and moons becomes less and less distinguishable.

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@Ken-rq9xr 2025-03-16

I'm a low orbit moon myself. It's crowded down here.😅😅😅😅

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@kanivea 2025-03-17

Anton, you have come so far since you started your YouTube channel. I always knew you would succeed, and anyone who found your channel would become a subscriber. It's beautiful that everyone sees what i see when it comes to you and your channel. Even when you went through an extremely difficult time in your life, you still kept us informed but also showed us how much you care about your subs. Your hard work and dedication is noticed and i want to thank you for that. You are an inspiration for many people. Much love to you and your family 💙

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@williamackerman6574 2025-03-16

We need a category of "dwarf moons". Or just call them rocks.

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@LanceHall 2025-03-17

Hello, wonderful Anton.

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@danoblue 2025-03-17

These new moons seem more like a debris cloud than actual moons. Interesting topic.

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@milanschouten6533 2025-03-16

Lovely like always Anton

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@Luxuriel 2025-03-16

Man, I feel bad for Pluto. They downranked it from "planet" yet we have Saturn over here with particularly big rocks being classified as "moons".

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