 Orbital studies of the new comet soon revealed that it was orbiting Jupiter rather than the Sun , unlike all other comets known at the time . Its orbit around Jupiter was very loosely bound , with a period of about 2 years and an apoapsis ( the point in the orbit farthest from the planet ) of 0 @.@ 33 astronomical units ( 49 @,@ 000 @,@ 000 km ) . Its orbit around the planet was highly eccentric ( e = 0 @.@ <unk> ) . 
