3 new moons discovered in the solar system, found around two planets Which planet is the 'king of the moon' in space?

Washington/Mumbai: Three new members have been added to our solar family. These new members are three newly discovered moons (in astronomical language, satellites of any planet are called moons). One of these moons belongs to the gas giant Uranus while two moons belong to the planet Neptune.

With the discovery of three new moons, Uranus has 28 moons and Neptune has 16 moons.

According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Solar Dynamics Team and its Jet Propulsion Laboratory, there are a total of 293 moons in our solar system. Saturn, the solar system's crown planet, is the planet with the most moons, with a total of 146 moons, so astronomers call it the King of Moons. Whereas Jupiter, the second largest planet in the solar system, has a total of 95 moons i.e. satellites. Uranus-28, Neptune-16, Mars-2, Earth-1, Dwarf Planet (Asteroid) Pluto-5 Moons.

These three new moons were discovered by astronomer Scott S. of America's Carnegie Institute for Science (Washington). Shepherd and his team members have made the discovery. The special discovery of these three new satellites was officially announced by the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

Scott Shepherd expressed happiness and said that these three newly discovered moons i.e. satellites are very faint indeed. Uranus' new moon is named S/2023 U1, while Neptune's two moons are named S/2002 N5 and S/2021 N1.

At present, these three new satellites have been given astronomical names. However, some time later the three new satellites will be given Greek names based on characters from the plays of the great British playwright William Shakespeare. Uranus's new moon—S/2023 U1—is the smallest compared to the size of its other moons. This new moon completes one revolution around its parent planet Uranus in 680 days. Scott Shepherd made it on November 4, 2023 with the help of the Magellan Telescope (Chile). Shepard has since discovered two new moons of Neptune using the same telescope.

Neptune's new moon S/2002 N5 completes an orbit around its parent planet Neptune every nine years. Whereas S/2021N1 completes one orbit around its parent planet Neptune in 27 years.