Trojan Asteroids and retrograde orbiting asteroid: fantastic example of Lagrange points and the massive importance of Jupiter in our solar system (pun intended)
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Is 2015 BZ509 the suspected captive interstellar asteroid?
Lukian
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June 9, 2018
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Yes I think so. I thought Oumuamua was the first interstellar visitor but I guess not.
@LaMariposa Yes I thought the same thing but because of the awkward orbit of this fellow, it is hypothesized that it does not originate from our Solar system.
Very impressive to get a decent view on the trojans, most of those bodies do not emit much.
Denker
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June 9, 2018
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This is an animation of the orbits. I don’t think we’ve imaged Jupiter’s Trojans yet but there is (was? Did they cut funding?) a planned NASA mission focused on their study.
@LaMariposa cool... but to make the animation the positions needed to be known, no? Or is this just an artist’s impression?
@Denker I don't know the answer off the top of my head but here is a great tool for data junkies:
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