Jupiter Turned Comet Into "Moon" for 12 Years

Monday, September 14, 2009 - 17:28 in Astronomy & Space

In was the 1950s cars had fins, skirts had poodles, and Jupiter had an "extra moon," according to a new study that says the giant planet reeled in a comet only to cast it aside.

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