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Trojan asteroids

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Main resources: Rocks/Rocky objects/Asteroids/Trojans and Trojan asteroids
 
Diagram of Lagrange points is in a system where the primary is much more massive than the secondary. Credit: Cmglee.

Def. "the L4 and L5 Lagrange points of the Sun-Jupiter orbital configuration"[1] are called the Trojan points.

Def. "an asteroid occupying the Trojan points of the Sun-Jupiter system"[2] is called a Trojan asteroid.

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  1. ↑ 65.94.44.124 (11 December 2010). Trojan point. San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Trojan_point. Retrieved 2015-08-31. 
  2. ↑ 65.94.44.124 (11 December 2010). Trojan asteroid. San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Trojan_asteroid. Retrieved 2015-08-31. 
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