re comet in temporary orbit around jupiter in article apr sq sq com msb sq sq com mark brader writes can these questions be answered for a previous instance such as the gehrels that was mentioned in an earlier posting orbital elements of comet vii from dance files p au e i cap omega w epoch also perihelions of gehrels were april jupiter radii august jupiter radii where jupiter radius km mi au so the figure seems unlikely to actually be anything but a perijove is that the case for the figure as well sorry perijoves i m not used to talking this language john garland jgarland kean ucs mun ca
