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    Neptune trojans are bodies that orbit the Sun near one of the stable Lagrangian points of Neptune, similar to the trojans of other planets. They therefore...
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    only nine Mars trojans, 31 Neptune trojans, two Uranus trojans, and two Earth trojans, have been found to date. A temporary Venus trojan is also known...
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    trojan (2011 QF99) Uranus-crossing minor planets Neptune Rings of Neptune Complete list of Neptune's natural satellites Proteus Triton Nereid Neptune...
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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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    and trailing Neptune in its orbit, respectively. Neptune trojans can be viewed as being in a 1:1 resonance with Neptune. Some Neptune trojans are remarkably...
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  • Uranus, and Neptune. He has also discovered the first known trailing Neptune trojan, 2008 LC18, the first named leading Neptune trojan, 385571 Otrera...
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    computer resets. Other possible targets were Neptune trojans. The probe's trajectory to Pluto passed near Neptune's trailing Lagrange point ("L5"), which may...
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  • captured as Neptune trojans during the instability when Neptune's semimajor axis jumps. The broad inclination distribution of the Neptune trojans indicates...
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    asteroid family members. Trojan (celestial body) Minor planets that orbit near trojan points Earth trojan Jupiter trojan Neptune trojan Rivkin, Andrew; Trilling...
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  • 2012 GX17 (category Neptune trojans)
    the Minor Planet Center. The object was once considered a promising Neptune L5 trojan candidate. 2012 GX17 was discovered on 14 April 2012 by the Pan-STARRS...
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    (612243) 2001 QR322 (category Neptune trojans)
    QR322, prov. designation: 2001 QR322, is a minor planet and the first Neptune trojan discovered, by American astronomer Marc Buie of the Deep Ecliptic Survey...
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  • Clete, provisional designation 2005 TO74, is a Neptune trojan, co-orbital with the ice giant Neptune, approximately 97 kilometers (60 miles) in diameter...
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  • 2008 LC18 (category Neptune trojans)
    2008 LC18 is a Neptune trojan first observed on 7 June 2008 by American astronomers Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo using the Subaru Telescope at Mauna...
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  • taking the object from the inside of the Neptune's orbit to more than 1000 AU 2001 QR322, the first Neptune trojan 2002 XU93, with one of the most inclined...
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  • 385571 Otrera, provisional designation 2004 UP10, is a Neptune trojan leading Neptune's orbit in the outer Solar System. It was discovered by American...
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  • red. Orbital resonances with Neptune are marked with vertical bars: 1:1 marks the position of Neptune's orbit and its trojans; 2:3 marks the orbit of Pluto...
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    Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon Rings of Uranus Neptune ♆ Moons of Neptune Triton Rings of Neptune Trojans Centaurs Ubiquitous Comets ☄ Meteoroids Micrometeoroids...
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    regions leading and trailing it in its orbit. Neptune trojans are in a 1:1 mean-motion resonance with Neptune and often have very stable orbits. Additionally...
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    1 trojan. The Jupiter trojan population is roughly equal to that of the asteroid belt. After Jupiter, Neptune possesses the most confirmed trojans, at...
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    Resonant objects occupy orbital resonances with Neptune, excluding the 1:1 resonance of the Neptune trojans. Plutinos are by far the most common resonant...
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    therefore must have come from elsewhere, probably outside Neptune. Neptune trojans, bodies sharing Neptune's orbit and gravitationally locked to it. Although only...
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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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    Asteroid (section Trojans)
    only nine Mars trojans, 28 Neptune trojans, two Uranus trojans, and two Earth trojans, have been found to date. A temporary Venus trojan is also known...
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    A Neptune-crosser is a minor planet whose orbit crosses that of Neptune. The dwarf planet Pluto is the most massive example of this class of object. The...
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  • (613490) 2006 RJ103 (category Neptune trojans)
    (613490) 2006 RJ103 is a Neptune trojan, first observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration at Apache Point Observatory, New Mexico, on 12 September...
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    (316179) 2010 EN65 (category Neptune trojans)
    semi-major axis of 30.8 AU, the object is actually a jumping Neptune trojan, co-orbital with Neptune, as the giant planet has a similar semi-major axis of 30...
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  • classical planets remain recognized as planets, alongside Earth, Uranus, and Neptune. The Babylonians recognized seven planets. A bilingual list in the British...
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    Lagrange point (category Trojans (astronomy))
    influence. The Sun–Neptune L4 and L5 points contain several dozen known objects, the Neptune trojans. Mars has four accepted Mars trojans: 5261 Eureka, 1999...
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    Venus, Earth, and Mars, and the giant planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis...
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    as the Kuiper belt, the Neptune and Jupiter trojans, and the numerous resonant trans-Neptunian objects dominated by Neptune. The original core of the...
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