Concept information
Preferred term
Trojan asteroids
Definition
- A member of the family of asteroids that share Jupiter's orbit and lie in elongated, curved regions around the two Lagrangian points 60° ahead and behind of Jupiter. The Lagrangian points L4 and L5 host several thousands of them. Originally, the term Trojan applied only to asteroids sharing Jupiter's orbit; however, planetoidal bodies have been discovered at the Lagrangian points of Mars and Neptune as well, and are also referred to as Mars Trojans and Neptune Trojans respectively. (en)
Broader concept
- Asteroids (en)
Narrower concepts
- Earth trojans (en)
- Jupiter trojans (en)
- Mars trojans (en)
- Neptune trojans (en)
Entry terms
- Trojan group (en)
- Trojans (en)
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1715
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