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Trojan_asteroid

Trojan asteroid

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Noun

Trojan asteroid (plural Trojan asteroids)

  1. (astrophysics) an asteroid occupying the Trojan points of the Sun-Jupiter system
  2. (astrophysics) by extension, any asteroid occupying a Trojan point

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Hypernyms

  • (astrophysics): Langrangian asteroid (generalized)

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