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Astronomers discover 128 new moons orbiting Saturn

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Until recently, the “moon king” title was held by Jupiter , but Saturn now has 274 moons.

All of the 128 new moons are “irregular moons”, potato-shaped objects that are just a few kilometres across.

The moons have been formally recognised by the International Astronomical Union this week .

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