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Originally Posted by Cougar
From the applet, it appears that Jupiter traces the comet's orbit for a short section of its orbit. Looks like there could be some interaction there in 2052. If that doesn't create fireworks, the close Jupiter encounter in 2183 should.
The common planetary positioning I was looking for in 1892 was: the comet near perihelion, with all inner planets on the same side of the sun as the comet (as is the current configuration). However, it was totally different in 1892.
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I saw that it was closest to Jupiter in 1970ish...Next will be after 2020.
Wonder if it took Earth 30 years for it too have a Jello-Like-Quake from the Jupiter encounter...after all 30 years is an astronomically small measure of time...and it's orbit does coincide with Jupiter several times in it's History.
(and don't tell me,
"That's the Shakiest Theory I've have ever heard ") :P
New update: It will be closest to Earth next time around ...2012...
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=17p&orb=1