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What is the most important defining property of Trojan asteroids?
They have orbits at the distance of Jupiter and 60 degrees ahead of or behind it
What is so special about Trojan asteroids?
They orbit the Sun in the same path as Jupiter, and 60° ahead of or behind it. Yes. The Trojan asteroids orbit along the orbital path of Jupiter at points 60o ahead of and behind it. These regions are two of the "Lagrange points," named after the mathematician who discovered that such orbits could be stable
What are the asteroids the follow and precede Jupiter in a gravitational well called?
Jupiter's Trojan asteroids
What are facts about Apollo asteroids?
Apollo asteroids have elliptical orbits that cross Earth's orbit
Which asteroids travel before and behind the planet Jupiter?
The asteroids that travel before and behind the planet Jupiter are called the Trojan asteroids
What is the most important defining property of Trojan asteroids?
They have orbits at the distance of Jupiter and 60 degrees ahead of or behind it
What are the rock objects called that crisscross the orbits of the planets?
They are still called asteroids. But some refer to them as "rogue" asteroids, or "asteroids in irregular orbits".
What are small planets with orbits between mars and Jupiter?
Asteroids
Do asteroids have orbits?
maybe
What is so special about Trojan asteroids?
They orbit the Sun in the same path as Jupiter, and 60° ahead of or behind it. Yes. The Trojan asteroids orbit along the orbital path of Jupiter at points 60o ahead of and behind it. These regions are two of the "Lagrange points," named after the mathematician who discovered that such orbits could be stable
Do asteroids have elliptical orbits?
maybe
What are the asteroids the follow and precede Jupiter in a gravitational well called?
Jupiter's Trojan asteroids
What are facts about Apollo asteroids?
Apollo asteroids have elliptical orbits that cross Earth's orbit
Why do cosmologists calculate these asteroids orbits and compare such orbits with the earth's orbit?
Mainly to see if the asteroids are going to pose a collision danger with regards to the Earth.
How are moon and asteroids alike and different?
Both asteroids and moons can be rocky. An asteroid orbits the Sun while a moon orbits a planet. Mars has two moons (Deimos and Phobos) that are most likely former asteroids.
Which planet is closest to a region of asteroids?
Orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter are closest to the region of asteroids.
Which asteroids travel before and behind the planet Jupiter?
The asteroids that travel before and behind the planet Jupiter are called the Trojan asteroids
