'Active' Jupiter trojan is first of its kind

[UM-Bot]

Astronomers have spotted something unexpected in an object that shares the same orbit as the gas giant Jupiter.

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/337165/active-jupiter-trojan-is-the-first-of-its-kind

[Space Commander Travis]

So this is another meaning of Trojan then? I was thinking someone had found some malicious software that had been tracked down to originating on Jupiter. That would be quite a find.

[Essan]

56 minutes ago, Montmorency the Dog said:

So this is another meaning of Trojan then? I was thinking someone had found some malicious software that had been tracked down to originating on Jupiter. That would be quite a find.

Yes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_trojan

 

[Waspie_Dwarf]

1 hour ago, Montmorency the Dog said:

So this is another meaning of Trojan then? I was thinking someone had found some malicious software that had been tracked down to originating on Jupiter. That would be quite a find.

This is a far older use of the word Trojan, but not as old as the usage pertaining to wooden horses made by the Greeks.

[Piney]

14 minutes ago, Waspie_Dwarf said:

This is a far older use of the word Trojan, but not as old as the usage pertaining to wooden horses made by the Greeks.

Just reading Andy's link and I find it interesting that they divide them up into the "Greek Camp" and "Trojan Camp" and name them accordingly. 

[Waspie_Dwarf]

3 hours ago, Piney said:

Just reading Andy's link and I find it interesting that they divide them up into the "Greek Camp" and "Trojan Camp" and name them accordingly. 

The division is a natural one, it depends on whether the asteroids are 60° ahead, or 60° behind Jupiter in its orbit.

NASA has an interesting missing called Lucy, which will launch next year. It will fly-by 1 main belt asteroid, then 4 of the Greek Camp (leading) Jupiter Trojans. It will the swing by the Earth before making a fly-by of  Trojan Camp binary asteroid.

[woopypooky]

I just found out that Cupid also is actually an asteroid