Earth's strange companions – the discovery of Earth's first Trojan asteroid
Vol. 23 No. 1 (2012), Re-publication
Vol. 23 No. 1 (2012)

Earth's strange companions – the discovery of Earth's first Trojan asteroid

Re-publication
https://doi.org/10.7146/kvant.168403
Published 2012-03-01
Tobias Cornelius Hinse
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Niels Bohr Institutet, Københavns Universitet
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8870-3146
René Michelsen
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4877-7280
Tobias Cornelius Hinse og René Michelsen.
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Keywords

near-Earth asteroids
asteroids
celestial mechanics
lagrange points
stability of lagrange points
trojan asteroids
mean-motion resonance
numerical celestial mechanics
quasi-satellite

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Hinse, T. C., & Michelsen, R. (2012). Earth’s strange companions – the discovery of Earth’s first Trojan asteroid. KVANT, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.7146/kvant.168403
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Abstract

The article delves into the discovery of an Earth-trojan asteroid and the dynamical systems that make such orbits possible. The authors explain the physics of the Lagrangian points and the stability of these solutions in the three-body problem. A detailed review of the observations and numerical methods used to characterize the asteroid's orbit is given. The article beautifully illustrates how classical mechanics is still an active field of research with new discoveries. At the same time, the implications for understanding the dynamics of the solar system are discussed. A highly satisfying article for readers interested in celestial mechanics.

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