A collection of three papers in this issue, tackling seemingly unrelated planetary phenomena, marks a notable unification of Solar System dynamics. The three problems covered are the hard-to ...

The first official Trojan was discovered February 22, 1906, by German astronomer Max Wolf. Eight months later, August Kopff discovered a second asteroid near Jupiter’s L5 point; the following ...

The potential to really open a new window into the history of our solar system when Lucy gets to the Trojan asteroids is ...

For billions of years, Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids have orbited undisturbed, preserving chemical and physical clues from the ...

More than 7,000 Trojan asteroids travel near Jupiter, in two large swarms that lead and trail the planet as it orbits the Sun. Several other planets, including Mars and Neptune, ...

Jupiter’s “Greek Camp” of asteroids hang out ahead of the planet at L4, while Jupiter’s “Trojan Camp” trails behind at L5. Astronomy: Roen Kelly after NASA/WMAP Science Team; ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is on its way to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids for a chance to get a closer look at the primordial rocks. But before its scheduled arrival at the Trojans in 2027, Buie and ...

Lab mimics Jupiter's Trojan asteroids inside a single atom Date: January 25, 2012 Source: Rice University Summary: Physicists have built an accurate model of part of the solar system inside a ...

Jupiter then did what Jupiter often does to small objects, which was slingshot it in a new direction; in this case, the object landed in the Trojan asteroid group leading Jupiter in its orbit by ...

After originally believing the "continuously active" object in Jupiter's orbit was the first-known active "Trojan asteroid," scientists have issued a correction and it's just a regular comet. The ...

On Wednesday, Nov. 1, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will make its first flyby of an asteroid, zooming past space rock Dinkinesh before heading to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.

JUPITER — A proposed ballot question that would require Jupiter voters to approve the creation of a local fire department fails to pass several legal tests and runs afoul of the town’s home ...