Article 3V1PV Astronomers discover 12 new moons orbiting Jupiter - one on collision course with the others

Astronomers discover 12 new moons orbiting Jupiter - one on collision course with the others

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Ian Sample Science editor
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A head-on collision between two Jovian moons would create a crash so large it would be visible from earth

One of a dozen new moons discovered around Jupiter is circling the planet on a suicide orbit that will inevitably lead to its violent destruction, astronomers say.

Valetudo (one of Jupiter's moons) is driving down the highway on the wrong side of the road.

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