Jupiter trojan

The Jupiter trojans, commonly known as trojan asteroids or simply trojans, are a large group of asteroids that share the planet Jupiter's orbit around the Sun.^[1] The first Jupiter trojan discovered, 588 Achilles, was spotted in 1906 by German astronomer Max Wolf. More than 9,800 Jupiter trojans have been found.^[2]

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↑ Sheppard, S. S.; C. A. Trujillo (28 July 2006). "A thick cloud of Neptune Trojans and their colors" (PDF). Science. 313 (5786). New York: 511–514. Bibcode:2006Sci...313..511S. doi:10.1126/science.1127173. OCLC 110021198. PMID 16778021. S2CID 35721399. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2020.
↑ "NASA's WISE Mission Finds First Trojan Asteroid Sharing Earth's Orbit 27 July 2011". Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2011.

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[Nep-1] Sheppard, S. S.; C. A. Trujillo (28 July 2006). "A thick cloud of Neptune Trojans and their colors" (PDF). Science. 313 (5786). New York: 511–514. Bibcode:2006Sci...313..511S. doi:10.1126/science.1127173. OCLC 110021198. PMID 16778021. S2CID 35721399. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2020.

[2] "NASA's WISE Mission Finds First Trojan Asteroid Sharing Earth's Orbit 27 July 2011". Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2011.

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