This encounter dramatically altered the comet’s trajectory, placing it on a highly elliptical orbit. The gravitational influence of Saturn, known for its bright and distinctive rings ...
SONC (green) and ESOC (blue) reconstructed trajectories in the comet-fixed frame from two observation angles. Note that plotting a 3-D trajectory in the rotating frame may give the impression that ...
A pair of astrophysicists from Ciudad Universitaria and Universidad Complutense de Madrid, both in Spain, report evidence that comet A117uUD was put on its current "hyperbolic trajectory" when it ...