Numerical simulations show that most Jupiter-family comets briefly pass through a low-eccentricity orbital region just outside Jupiter (the JFC Gateway), currently occupied by 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1.
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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1, A Centaur in the Gateway to the Jupiter-Family Comets
Numerical simulations show that most Jupiter-family comets briefly pass through a low-eccentricity orbital region just outside Jupiter (the JFC Gateway), currently occupied by 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1.