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doubling to twelve the number of satellites
は、doubleの目的語が長いので、to twelveを前に出しているのではないのでしょうか？
→doubling the number of satellites to twelve
camerasがmoonsを見つけた結果、satellitesは2倍の12個になった。
doublingは結果（付帯状況）を表す分詞構文だと思います。
(ex)Mt.Fuji erupted, blotting the sun for three days.
> The cameras of the Voyager 2 spacecraft detected six small, previously unseen moons circling Uranus, <which doubles to twelve the number of ssatellites now known as orbiting> the distant planet.
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> B)doubling to twelve the number of satellites now known to orbit
> C)which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known in orbit around
> D)doubling to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting
> E)which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known that orbit
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> 特に「doubling to twelve the number of satellites」の訳がわかりません。 教えて頂ければ幸いです。
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