TROJAN ASTEROIDS

two groups of asteroids that revolve about the sun in the same orbit as Jupiter; one group is about 60° ahead of the planet in the orbit, the other about 60° behind it. In 1990, a similar asteroid, Eureka, was found in the orbit of Mars. The Trojan asteroids represent one possible special solution to the famous three-body problem (see celestial mechanics), with each group forming an equilateral triangle with Jupiter and the sun. The first Trojan asteroid discovered was Achilles, observed in 1904 by the German astronomer Max Wolf; all of these asteroids are named for heroes of the Trojan War.

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books on: Trojan Asteroids  - 12 results

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Asteroid: Earth Destroyer or New Frontier?
Book by Patricia Barnes-Svarney; Plenum Press, 1996
Subjects: Asteroids, Asteroids--Collisions With Earth
...and Ida are all S-type asteroids. They are composed of iron...as to whether the S-type asteroids are undifferentiated bodies...up a major problem in the asteroid-meteorite connection...to the plentiful S-type asteroids. If they are not related...02 to 0.07. Many of the Trojan asteroids those that trail...
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A Dictionary of Astronomy
Book by Ian Ridpath; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Astronomy--Dictionaries
...Mars, while * Apollo and * Aten group asteroids cross that of Earth; these three groups are collectively termed * near-Earth asteroids. Beyond the asteroid belt, the * Trojan asteroids orbit at Jupiters distance. Asteroids...
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Encyclopedia of the Solar System
Book by Lucy-Ann Mcfadden, Paul R. Weissman, Torrence V. Johnson; Academic Press, 2007
Subjects: Solar System--Encyclopedias
...heliocentric distance of known asteroids detected by IRAS. The high albedo asteroids are located almost...portion of the main asteroid belt. Trojan populations had a very...those cases, to the asteroid breakup hypothesis...observations of Jupiter Trojan asteroids have yielded results...
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The Three Big Bangs: Comet Crashes, Exploding Stars, and the Creation of the Universe
Book by Philip M. Dauber Richard A. Muller; Perseus Books, 1996
Subjects: Big Bang Theory, Catastrophes (Geology), Supernovae
...Jupiter itself, known as the Trojan asteroids. Nor, finally...the larger Mars-Jupiter asteroids and may be just one of a...Saturnian worldlets. Most asteroids are spherical in shape, for a simple reason. Asteroids are made of rock, and rock...enough pressure, a rocky asteroid deforms. For a planet larger...
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The Quest for Comets: An Explosive Trail of Beauty and Danger
Book by David H. Levy; Plenum Press, 1994
Subjects: Comets--Popular Works, Comets--Research--Popular Works
...discovered an Earth-approaching asteroid that she subsequently named...means peace, Helin named the asteroid Ra-Shalom in hope that the...forever honor it. Palomar Asteroid and Comet Survey Already discussed...30 comets as well as many asteroids. An interesting byproduct...discoveries of a large number of Trojan asteroids. Early in this...
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journal articles on: Trojan Asteroids  - 1 result

 
 
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Australian Utopian Literature: An Annotated, Chronological Bibliography 1667-1999
Journal article by Lyman Tower Sargent; Utopian Studies, Vol. 10, 1999
Subjects: Australia--Literature, Utopias in literature--Bibliography
...Kathleen (1927-60), "Amazons of the Asteroids," 1952 Hepworth, John (1921...Joyce, The Celestial Hand, 1903 von Trojan, Kurt Oscar Eugene (1937-), The...Island (Mercer), 1933 "Amazons of the Asteroids" (Hemming), 1952 And a New Earth...


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magazine articles on: Trojan Asteroids  - 5 results

 
 
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Vagabonds in Space
Magazine article by Neil Degrasse Tyson; Natural History, Vol. 113, July 2004
Subjects: Asteroids, Astrophysics, Comets, Solar systems
...has collected families of asteroids sixty degrees ahead of Jupiter...the geometry, it places the asteroids 5.2 AU from both Jupiter...trapped bodies are known as the Trojan asteroids. Once an asteroid drifts into either of those...
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Going Ballistic
Magazine article by Neil Degrasse Tyson; Natural History, Vol. 111, November 2002
Subjects: Ballistics, Orbits, Planets
...of and behind Jupiter. These are the Trojan asteroids, each one locked in its solar orbit...system is a many-body problem, with asteroids, moons, planets, and the Sun in a...matter how slow you pitch, theres an asteroid somewhere in the solar system with just...
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The Five Points of Lagrange
Magazine article by Neil Degrasse Tyson; Natural History, Vol. 111, April 2002
Subjects: Earth, Gravity, Kinetics, Moon
...perhaps from the Moon or an asteroid) to the area; leave them...in 1905, the first of the Trojan family of asteroids were discovered. We now...Jupiter system, thousands of asteroids follow and lead Jupiter around...by tractor beams, these asteroids are forever held in place...
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Symposium
Magazine article by Daniel T. Griswold, William R. Hawkins; Insight on the News, Vol. 19, January 21, 2003
Subjects: Commercial policy--Evaluation, Free Trade Agreement, 1992, United States-Canada-Mexico, Free trade--Economic aspects, International trade--Laws, regulations, etc., United States--Economic policy
...magnesium, cobalt, and uranium) and asteroids (gold) powered by nuclear reactors launched...Space maintains that missile defense is a Trojan horse for the Pentagons control and domination...space, and NASAs nuclear rocket is a Trojan horse for the militarization of space...
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What Did Noah Do with the Manure? and Other Burning Questions of Creation Science
Magazine article by Jack Hitt; Washington Monthly, Vol. 19, February 1987
Subjects: Creationism--Public opinion, Religion and science--Public opinion
...theory but a fact. And creationism is nothing more than a Trojan horse brimming with Bible-thumpers. Creationists, playing...space. "It is possible, he writes, that the "comets, asteroids, meterorites, and outer planetary moons (and plants...


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Greece's Past Awaits in High, Remote Places
Newspaper article by Judith Kreiner; The Washington Times, March 25, 2000
...honoring his return from the Trojan War. I favor the version that...lingered long enough to pick up a Trojan princess, Cassandra, as a...on the islands. Here "The Trojan Women" is not a class assignment...space aliens. Dont look to asteroids. The culprit was the volcano...


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encyclopedia articles on: Trojan Asteroids  - 2 results

 
 
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Trojan Asteroids
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TROJAN ASTEROIDS two groups of asteroids that revolve about the sun in the...behind it. In 1990, a similar asteroid, Eureka, was found in the orbit of Mars. Some of the Trojan asteroids are composed of ice and dirt...
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Asteroid
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...between the earth and Mars). Two groups of asteroids share Jupiters orbit; they are known as Trojan asteroids . In 1990, a similar asteroid was found in the orbit of Mars. Centaurs are asteroids with orbits in the outer solar system. Asteroids...


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