Why We Can't Figure Out Which Planet Has the Most Moons

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Published on October 12, 2023 4:41:49 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chjFqUwijb8

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Which has more moons, Jupiter or Saturn? The world may never know...
or we could just change the definition of moon to only include actual spherical objects and not space potatoes

Music used:
Kevin MacLeod - Odyssey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKdlb8LyG0Q

Sources:
The History of the Known Solar System: Every Year by Geography and Space:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bygs7WxhJUA
"The Population of Kilometer-Scale Jovian Irregular Moons" (study claiming there are potentially 600 moons of Jupiter)
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/abad95/pdf