Advances in detector technology have led to a rash of newly discovered moons around the giant planets. Saturn currently has the most known satellites — but for how long?
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Hamilton, D. Saturn saturated with satellites. Nature 412, 132–133 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35084310
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