Jupiter’s Trojans are asteroids that share the gas giant’s orbit around the Sun, clustering at one of two Lagrange points in the Jupiter-Sun system (L4 or L5, 60° ahead of or behind Jupiter in its ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Saturn seems to have snatched its first known Trojan asteroid, designated 2019 UO14, a few ...

The Lucy mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids has been chosen by NASA for flight under the agency’s Discovery Program. Lucy will carry an ASU-designed and -developed thermal emission spectrometer, ...

A recent transmission from NASA’s Lucy probe has raised concerns that were not part of the mission’s original expectations.

Instead of picturing yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies, picture a spacecraft approaching a series of asteroids trapped by Jupiter’s gravity. On Sunday, April 20, ...

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In February, the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx will begin a search for Trojan asteroids—unique asteroids that share Earth’s orbit. The search will take place over a period of 10-12 days and will be conducted ...

After a long process, the class recovered the Trojan asteroid. Additionally that spring, Kathy Hoogeboom wrote her honors thesis about possible origins of Trojan asteroids and sophomore Melissa ...

In our solar system, there are several thousand examples of co-orbital objects: bodies that share the same orbit around the sun or a planet. The Trojan asteroids are such an example. We have not yet ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...