Mars Trojan asteroid

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Mars Trojans are a large group of objects that share the orbit of the planet Mars around the Sun. They can be found around the two Lagrangian points 60° ahead and behind of Mars.

Presently, this family consists of no more than four asteroids: ^[1]

• 5261 Eureka
• 1998 VF31
• 1999 UJ7
• 2007 NS2

[edit] See also

• Trojan asteroids; a similar group of asteroids around the orbit of Jupiter

[edit] References

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