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Five New Neptunian Trojans Discovered

23 Sep , 2016 by

Using data from the PS1 survey, an international team of researchers has made some interesting discoveries about Neptune’s Trojan asteroids

Trojans May Yet Rain Down

5 Oct , 2010 by

It would be an interesting survey to catalog the initial reactions readers have to “Trojans”. Do you think first of wooden horses, or do asteroids spring to mind? Given the context of this website, I’d hope it’s the latter. If so, you’re thinking along the right lines. But how much do you really know about […]

Where Do Asteroids Come From?

17 Aug , 2009 by

[/caption]Where do asteroids come from? Most of them are grouped in the main belt, but that is not the only asteroid field in the solar system. There are actually four sets of asteroids grouped into different fields: the main belt, Trojans, scattered disc, and the Kuiper belt. To understand where do asteroids come from, you […]

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