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Jupiter-trojan families are much smaller in size than families in the asteroid belt; the largest identified family, the Menelaus group, consists of only eight members. [ 5 ] In 2001, 617 Patroclus was the first Jupiter trojan to be identified as a binary asteroid . [ 21 ]
This is a list of Jupiter trojans that lie in the Trojan camp, an elongated curved region around the trailing L 5 Lagrangian point, 60° behind Jupiter in its orbit.. All the asteroids at the trailing L 5 point have names corresponding to participants on the Trojan side of the Trojan War, except for 617 Patroclus, which was named before this naming convention was instituted.
In the Solar System, most known trojans share the orbit of Jupiter. They are divided into the Greek camp at L 4 (ahead of Jupiter) and the Trojan camp at L 5 (trailing Jupiter). More than a million Jupiter trojans larger than one kilometer are thought to exist, [2] of which more than 7,000 are currently
Epeios family: 2148 Epeios — Jupiter trojan family according to Roig and Gil-Hutton (2008). Part of the Menelaus clan. [13] Eumelos family: 5436 Eumelos — Jupiter trojan family according to Roig and Gil-Hutton (2008). Part of the Menelaus clan. [13] Euryalos family: 4007 Euryalos — Jupiter trojan family according to Roig and Gil-Hutton ...
4709 Ennomos / ˈ ɛ n ə m ə s / is a large Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp and the namesake of the small Ennomos family, approximately 81 kilometers (50 miles) in diameter.It was discovered on 12 October 1988, by American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California. [1]
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3548 Eurybates (/ j ʊ ˈ r ɪ b ə t iː z / yə-RIB-ə-teez) is a carbonaceous Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp and the parent body of the Eurybates family, approximately 68 kilometers (42 miles) in diameter. It is a target to be visited by the Lucy mission in August 2027.
624 Hektor / ˈ h ɛ k t ər / is the largest Jupiter trojan and the namesake of the Hektor family, with a highly elongated shape equivalent in volume to a sphere of approximately 225 to 250 kilometers diameter.