List of Mars trojan asteroids

List of Mars trojan asteroids
The L5 group (shown in green) of Asteroids on the orbit of Mars (Mars is shown in red). The L4 group is the light blue region also on Mars' orbit.

The Mars trojans are a group of objects that share the orbit of the planet Mars around the Sun. They can be found around the two Lagrangian points 60° ahead of and behind Mars.

Presently, this family contains four known asteroids: [1]

L4

L5

See also

References

  1. ^ "Minor Planet Center". http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/lists/MarsTrojans.html. Retrieved 2010-10-27. 
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