The 1990 MB: The first Mars Trojan

Details The 1990 MB: The first Mars Trojan The 1990 MB: The first Mars Trojan

Oct 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991plas.rept..147b&link_type=abstract

In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Astronomy, 1991 p 147 (SEE N92-12792 03-89)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Asteroids, Comets, Mars (Planet), Orbit Calculation, Computerized Simulation, Longitude, Orbital Mechanics, Resonance

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Asteroid 1990 MB was discovered during the course of the Mars and Earth-crossing Asteroid and Comet Survey. An orbit based on a 9-day arc and the asteroid's location near Mars L5 longitude led to speculation that it might be in 1:1 resonance with Mars, analogous to the Trojan asteroids of Jupiter. Subsequent observations strengthened the possibility, and later calculations confirmed it. The most recent orbit shows that the asteroid's semimajor axis is very similar to that of Mars.

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