Wait. Jupiter has *how* many moons?

At the moment, Jupiter has 79 moons.

By that I mean 79 that we know of, including a dozen just found recently. But how many are there in total?

The question is hard to answer as is. For one thing, how small a thing do you call a moon? If, say, something the size of Baby Yoda orbited Jupiter, I wouldn’t call it a moon*. But something a kilometer across? Sure.

The other issue is that as objects get smaller they get fainter. Jupiter orbits the Sun 5 times farther than the Earth does, so at best ...