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    An Earth trojan is an asteroid that orbits the Sun in the vicinity of the Earth–Sun Lagrangian points L4 (leading 60°) or L5 (trailing 60°), thus having...
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    ratios. Look up Trojan, Trojan asteroid, Trojan moon, or Trojan planet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Earth trojan Jupiter trojan Lissajous orbit...
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  • there are also 13 Neptune trojans, 7 Mars trojans, 2 Uranus trojans ((687170) 2011 QF99 and (636872) 2014 YX49), and 2 Earth trojans (2010 TK7 and (614689)...
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    relationships to larger bodies: Mars trojans, Neptune trojans, Uranus trojans and Earth trojans are known to exist. The term "Trojan asteroid" is normally understood...
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    than Earth itself, such as the orbital path of the NEO asteroid 3753 Cruithne. Earth trojans, such as 2010 TK7, are NEOs that orbit the Sun (not Earth) on...
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    to Earth, orbiting L4; like Earth, its mean distance to the Sun is about one astronomical unit. Asteroid (614689) 2020 XL5 is the second Earth trojan, confirmed...
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    Venus' quasi-satellite Earth Moon Near-Earth asteroids (including 99942 Apophis) Earth trojan (2010 TK7) Earth-crosser asteroids Earth's quasi-satellites 433...
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  • (614689) 2020 XL5 (category Earth trojans)
    (614689) 2020 XL5 (provisional designation 2020 XL5) is a near-Earth asteroid and Earth trojan discovered by the Pan-STARRS 1 survey at Haleakala Observatory...
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    Asteroid Companion of Earth Discovered at Last". Space.com. "NASA - NASA's Wise Mission Finds First Trojan Asteroid Sharing Earth's Orbit". www.nasa.gov...
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    approaching too close to the planet that dominates the region. See also Trojan (celestial body). Figure 1 above shows shorter orbits around the Lagrangian...
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