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To: plain talk; CurlyDave

Jupiter’s got dozens of moons, and most of them are captures. They are also moving in retrograde orbits, which is often considered diagnostic of capture. Capture of a smaller body can also be accomplished by repeated encounters, as described briefly here by the late V.A. Firsoff:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1234919/posts?page=4#4


55 posted on 03/19/2018 12:39:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: plain talk; CurlyDave

Whoops, the retrograde moons are the ones I was talking about overall — the four Galilean moons and other inner moons are in prograde orbit.


56 posted on 03/19/2018 12:52:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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