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Jupiter snatched comet, held it as moon for 12 yrs [1]

Jupiter snared a passing comet in the middle of the last century, eventually releasing it 12 years later, astronomers reported on Monday. Data presented at the European Planetary Science Congress in Potsdam, near Berlin, showed that the biggest planet of the Solar System gained a temporary satellite, a comet called 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu, between 1949 and 1961.

Publication Date: 
15/09/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
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Science And Technology [3], Physical Science [4], Astronomy [5], Research Agencies [6]

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