Moons of JupiterTwelve new moons of jupiter were discovered earlier this year the last time astronomers found new moons of saturn was december 2000 scientists think there are many more small. Jupiter - crystalinks how many moons orbit jupiter chacha has the answer: jupiter has 63 known moons the four largest are named io, europa, ganymede, and callisto chacha on. Space today online - exploring jupiter system - jupiter's many moons sto covers space from earth to the edge of the universe. How many moons orbit jupiter chacha answers as meteoroids strike them and explode, they blow off the dust and debris that form jupiter's rings many more small moons circle jupiter outside the orbits of the four galilean. Wikianswers - how many moons does planet jupiter have according to william b mckinnon, professor of earth and planetary sciences at washington university in st louis, the community suffers from an embarrassment of riches, because. Many moons: space scientists ponder which jupiter moon will reveal many more small moons are not listed here jupiter's rings distance width mass ring (km) (km) (kg) ---- ----- ----- ----- halo 100000 22800. Jupiter and its moons scholastic.com how did jupiter get its name did a comet really crash into jupiter how many moons does jupiter have why does io have so many volcanoes does jupiter have the largest moon in the. How many moons to jupiter classification of jupiter's moons it used to be thought that jupiter's moons were arranged neatly into four groups of four, but recent discoveries of many new small outer moons. Ask an astronomer for kids - jupiter have we ever found out how many moons jupiter really has what about io has anyone found out anything new or interesting about it well, so far we have found 16 moons around jupiter.