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I don't know how many moons I thought there were an hour solar system, but it was not 158.

I mean, there are a lot of incredible moons.

We made some really tough decisions.

Science writer Jennifer Lehman in a piece for popular mechanics ranked them all.

I did spend a lot of weekends at a coffee shop.

All the moons.

The baristas at that coffee shop were so kind because I would always go up, grab my coffee,

and then tell the moon fact, and then go back to my seat.

Now, before any moons planers out there get started, we want to say at the outset that

while Jennifer talked to a lot of experts, big deal, planetary scientists, people at NASA,

this list, well, is entirely subjective.

The ranking is based on moon opinions that I collected at the American Geo.

Physical Union Conference.

It's based on interviews.

And really, it's based on kind of which moons I thought were coolest.

Yeah.

So it is highly subjective.

I want to answer your question.

It's based on my moon opinions one day.

This episode, one small look at a few amazing moons, one giant leap for moon kind.

I'm Maddie Sophia.

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