Trojans May Yet Rain Down

[thefinalfrontier]

It would be an interesting survey to catalog the initial reactions readers have to “Trojans“. Do you think first of wooden horses, or do asteroids spring to mind? Given the context of this website, I’d hope it’s the latter. If so, you’re thinking along the right lines. But how much do you really know about astronomical Trojans?

While most frequently used to discuss the set of objects in Jupiter‘s orbital path that lie 60º ahead and behind the planet, orbiting the L4 and L5 Lagrange points, the term can be expanded to include any family of objects orbiting these points of relative stability around any other object.

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There is always more to learn about our amazing universe,

[J.B.]

But but but. . . what about Trojan horse computer viruses. . . or . . . *Shrinks back like a mouse* condoms? lol. Cause that last was my second thought after "It can't be Trojan citizens."

But yeah, that's a cool pic you posted!

Edited October 8, 2010 by J.B.