Becoming a temporary Jovian moon
SEP 14, 2009
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.023680
COSMOS magazine : Jupiter’s gravity captured a comet in the mid-20th century, holding it in orbit as a temporary moon for 12 years.The comet, named 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu , is the fifth body known to have been pulled by Jupiter from its orbit around the Sun.The discovery adds to our understanding of how Jupiter interferes with objects from the " Hilda group ,” which are asteroids and comets with orbits related to Jupiter’s orbit. Related Arxiv Paper Quasi-Hilda Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu: Another long temporary satellite capture by Jupiter
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