Earth Trojan Asteroids: A Study in Suppo
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Paul Wiegert; Kimmo Innanen; Seppo Mikkola
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Observational searches for asteroids orbiting near Earth's triangular Lagrange points face unique obstacles. A population of such asteroids would occupy a large projected area on the sky (possibly hundreds of square degrees) and is not favorably placed with respect to the Sun. Here we examine the pr