Jupiter’s Metastable Companions

Jupiter’s Metastable Companions

Jovian co-orbitals share Jupiter’s orbit and exhibit 1:1 mean-motion resonance with the planet. This includes >10,000 so-called Trojan asteroids surrounding the leading (L4) and trailing (L5) Lagrange points, viewed as stable groups dating back to planet formation. A small number of extremely tra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sarah Greenstreet, Brett Gladman, Mario Jurić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Subjects:
Jupiter trojans
Celestial mechanics
N-body simulations
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad28c5

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