http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/16/jupiter-grabbed-a-comet-for-12-years-then-flung-it-back-out/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:11:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/16/jupiter-grabbed-a-comet-for-12-years-then-flung-it-back-out/comment-page-1/#comment-49805 Art Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:29:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/16/jupiter-grabbed-a-comet-for-12-years-then-flung-it-back-out/#comment-49805 completed two complete orbits- redundant completed two complete orbits- redundant

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/16/jupiter-grabbed-a-comet-for-12-years-then-flung-it-back-out/comment-page-1/#comment-49451 YouRang Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:57:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/16/jupiter-grabbed-a-comet-for-12-years-then-flung-it-back-out/#comment-49451 If it took 6 yrs to complete an orbit, it must have been most of the way to one of the Lagrange points (whose orbits have the same period as their host). And it must still intersect the orbit of Jupiter. If it took 6 yrs to complete an orbit, it must have been most of the way to one of the Lagrange points (whose orbits have the same period as their host). And it must still intersect the orbit of Jupiter.

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