A team of astronomers using the new telescope in Hawaii reported each discovery of 11 new moons to the planet Jupiter. This broke the record for the number of moons, and Jupiter now holds it: 39 moons. The 11 new moons are small lumps of rock with a diameter of 1 to 2 km, which were probably captured by Jupiter and did not form near it. They resemble asteroids in their non-spherical shape, and their composition is probably rocky. The team of researchers led by Dr. David Joitz and Dr. R. Scott Sheppard of the University of Hawaii photographed Jupiter using the 3.6-meter telescope located at the observatory The Canadian-French-Hawaii team found the 11 new satellites in highly inclined, elliptical orbits, orbiting against the direction of Jupiter's self-rotation. Such orbits indicate the possibility of capture.
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