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Gas giants have many moons primarily due to their strong gravitational pull, which allows them to capture and retain celestial bodies that come close to them. Additionally, their formation in the outer solar system, where there is a higher abundance of materials, enabled the accumulation of numerous moons from leftover debris. Many of these moons may have formed from the same protoplanetary disk that surrounded the gas giants during their formation. Furthermore, some moons may have been captured asteroids or comets that were influenced by the gas giants' gravity over time.

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