Researchers have said that Jupiter, the oldest and largest planet, has 79 planet moons with the latest discovery of 12 new ones.

U.S. researchers announced the discovery of 12 new moons orbiting Jupiter, bringing the total number of the planet’s known moons to 79.

The discovery means Jupiter, the oldest and largest planet in the solar system, has more moons than any of the other seven.

Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington and his team discovered the moons more than a year ago while looking for a possible massive planet beyond Pluto.

“Jupiter just happened to be in the sky near the search fields where we were looking for extremely distant solar system objects,” Sheppard said, according to a Carnegie Institution news release.

The team was able to look for new moons “serendipitously,” he added.

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