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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 ]
Jupiter trojan (L 5) type P [136] Bernardinelli-Bernstein C/2014 UN 271: 60 ± 7: comet [158] Galatea 74: 59.4 ± 1.4: 6.13 ± 5.36: belt asteroid type C [159] · [129] Deiphobus 1867: 59.1 ± 0.8: Jupiter trojan (L 5) type D [160] Äneas 1172: 59.01 ± 0.40: Jupiter trojan (L 5) type D [161] Kleopatra 216: 59 ± 1: 3.0 ± 0.3: belt asteroid ...
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.
(Trojan asteroids – defines outer edge of main belt) The number of bodies grows rapidly as the size decreases . Based on IRAS data there are about 140 main-belt asteroids with a diameter greater than 120 km, [ 6 ] which is approximately the transition point between surviving primordial asteroids and fragments thereof.
The Jupiter trojans are seen in this graphic as Greek camp at L 4 ahead of Jupiter and as Trojan camp at L 5 trailing Jupiter along its orbital path. It also shows the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and the Hilda asteroids .
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.
Cassini measured plasma and fine dust grains while traversing the belt in 2000. [109] On its way to Jupiter, Juno traversed the asteroid belt without collecting science data. [110] Due to the low density of materials within the belt, the odds of a probe running into an asteroid are estimated at less than 1 in 1 billion. [111]
Solar System belts are asteroid and comet belts that orbit the Sun in the Solar System in interplanetary space. [1] [2] The Solar System belts' size and placement are mostly a result of the Solar System having four giant planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune far from the sun. The giant planets must be in the correct place, not too close ...