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Astronomers Think They’ve Found Another Trojan Asteroid Lurking in Earth’s Orbit – ScienceAlert
A recently discovered object sharing Earth’s orbital path around the Sun could actually be a trojan asteroid, astronomers have found.
A recently discovered object sharing Earth’s orbital path around the Sun could actually be a trojan asteroid, astronomers have found.
If confirmed, it will be only the second object of its type identified to date, suggesting that there could be more of these hidden asteroids lurking in Earth’s gravitational pockets.
Trojan asteroids are space rocks that share the orbital path of larger planetary bodies in the Solar System, hanging out in gravitationally stable regions known as Lagrangian points.
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