Trojan Asteroids

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke5248.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5248. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Asteroids

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Two groups of asteroids whose orbital elements are similar to those of Jupiter. One group orbit ahead of Jupiter, clustered around the L4 Lagrangian point, while the other group orbit behind the planet, around the L5 Lagrangian point. The L4 group, which are more numerous, are sometimes called the Achilles group, after the first Trojan to be discovered, (588) Achilles. The L5 group are sometimes ...

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