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. 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.

References

↑ 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.