Trojan asteroid

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Trojan asteroid

(Astronomy & Space / Celestial Objects) one of a number of asteroids that have the same mean motion and orbit as Jupiter, preceding or following the planet by a longitude of 60°

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No references found			Past simulations have tracked the trajectories of these planetesimals and showed they wind up forming the Kuiper belt of icy debris where Pluto sits, some of the distant satellites of Jupiter and Saturn, and Trojan asteroids, bodies that share Jupiter's orbit but are centred at two points ahead of and behind the planet. Solar system's main asteroid belt may harbor icy interlopers from ... by Asian News International Some of the debris became trapped by Jupiter's gravity and could account for the planet's retinue of Trojan asteroids, a group of objects that lead and trail the planet today, and have not been explained by any other theory, says Levison. The solar system's big bang: finding signs of a lost beginning by Cowen, Ron / Science News The sun, Jupiter, and the so-called Trojan asteroids, for instance, form such a triangle, which rotates about the system's center of mass. Following gravity's loops and knots by Peterson, Ivars / Science News			trog Trogium Trogium pulsatorium troglitazone troglodyte Troglodytes Troglodytes aedon Troglodytes troglodytes Troglodytic Troglodytidae troglodytism trogon Trogonidae Trogoniformes Trogonoid Trogue Troic troika troilism troilite Troilus Troilus butterfly Trois point Trois Rivières Trojan Trojan asteroid Trojan horse Trojan War troll Troll flower Troll plate Troller trolley trolley bus trolley car trolley coach trolley dolly trolley line trolley pole Trolley wire trolleybus trolleys trolling trollius Trollmydames trollop Trollope Trollopee trolly tromba marina Trombicula			Troitse-Sergieva Lavra Troitse-Sergiyev monastery Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra Troitsk Troitsk State Regional Electric Power Plant Troitsk, Russia Troitskii Troitskii, Matvei Troitskii, Matvei Mikhailovich Troitskii, Semen Troitskii, Semen Ivanovich Troitskii, Vsevolod Troitskii, Vsevolod Sergeevich Troitsko-Khartsyzsk Troitskoe Troitskosavsk Troitsky Troitsky monastery trojan trojan trojan trojan trojan Trojan (condoms) Trojan (disambiguation) Trojan (disambiguation) Trojan (disambiguation) Trojan Air Transportable Electronic Reconnaissance System Trojan Army Trojan Army Trojan asteroid Trojan asteroids Trojan asteroids Trojan Bandwidth Upon Demand Trojan Boat Owners Association Trojan Defence Suite Trojan dropper Trojan First Aid Kit Trojan Horse Trojan Horse Trojan Horse Trojan Horse Trojan Horse Trojan Horse Band Trojan Horse Construction Kit Trojan horse effect Trojan Horse Inhibitor Trojan horses Trojan horses Trojan horses Trojan Intermediate Support Activity Trojan Intermediate Support Activity - Fort Belvoir Trojan Keylogger Trojan Man Trojan Mobile Remote Receiving Station Trojan Network Control Center Trojan Planets Trojan Planets Trojan point Trojan SMS TROJAN Special Purpose Integrated Remote Intelligence Terminal

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