#JUPITER HAS TRAPPED A #COMET IN A BIZARRE #ORBIT

Issued by Sky and Telescope

Astronomers have discovered a comet trapped in a weird orbit near Jupiter.

Jupiter has captured an icy comet from the outer solar system in a bizarre orbit that will bring it back to within 3 million kilometers of the giant planet in 2063. The only Sun-orbiting objects known to come closer were the fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which plunged into the Jovian cloud deck in July 1994.

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/jupiter-has-trapped-a-comet-in-a-bizarre-orbit/