To: Fred Nerks; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 21twelve; 240B; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Squeezed this fullsize graphic to 400 pixel width for everyone's convenience.
I think we have Fred Nerks to thank for the original URL of this?
Anyway, the red lines show the orbits of the dozens of small moons of Jupiter which move retrograde, orbits generally considered to be diagnostic of capture. These entered the narrow sweet spot between falling into Jupiter and being chucked out of the Solar System by Jupiter.
Thanks LibWhacker.
21 posted on
08/26/2010 4:31:06 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
To: SunkenCiv
...I think we have Fred Nerks to thank for the original URL of this? ...and I was under the impression I had stolen it from you...
Ancient Greek mythology asserts that the goddess Athena sprang from the head of Zeus, and I'm hoping to be a witness if it happens again.
22 posted on
08/26/2010 4:52:25 PM PDT by
Fred Nerks
(FAIR DINKUM!)
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