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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, 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    Oberon Umbriel Ariel Miranda Rings of Uranus Neptune ♆ Moons of Neptune Triton Rings of Neptune Trojans Centaurs Ubiquitous Comets ☄ Meteoroids Micrometeoroids...
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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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    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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  • 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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    List of Mars-crossing minor planets List of Jupiter-crossing minor planets List of Saturn-crossing minor planets List of Neptune-crossing minor planets...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • objects and centaurs, while relatively few are damocloids, Neptune trojans or Uranus trojans. All distant objects have a semi-major axis (average distance...
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  • 2015[update], there are also 13 Neptune trojans, 7 Mars trojans, 2 Uranus trojans (2011 QF99 and 2014 YX49), and 2 Earth trojans (2010 TK7 and (614689) 2020...
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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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    (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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    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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    Mars); two gas giants (Jupiter and Saturn); and two ice giants (Uranus and Neptune). All terrestrial planets have solid surfaces. Inversely, all giant planets...
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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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  • 2011 HM102 (category Neptune trojans)
    2011 HM102 is the ninth Neptune trojan discovered. It was first observed on 29 April 2011, during the New Horizons KBO Search (268) using the Magellan...
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  • also visiting Saturn. One spacecraft, Voyager 2, also visited Uranus and Neptune. The nine missions include two, Ulysses and New Horizons, whose primary...
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    Venus, Earth, and Mars, and the giant planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The word planet probably comes from the Greek planḗtai, meaning "wanderers"...
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    centaur is a small Solar System body that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune and crosses the orbits of one or more of the giant planets. Centaurs generally...
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    Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Trojans Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Trojan camp Greek camp Saturn Moons Uranus Neptune Near-Earth objects Asteroid belt...
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