Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Orbital stability analysis and photometric characterization of the second Earth Trojan asteroid 2020 XL5

  • T. Santana-Ros,
  • M. Micheli,
  • L. Faggioli,
  • R. Cennamo,
  • M. Devogèle,
  • A. Alvarez-Candal,
  • D. Oszkiewicz,
  • O. Ramírez,
  • P.-Y. Liu,
  • P. G. Benavidez,
  • A. Campo Bagatin,
  • E. J. Christensen,
  • R. J. Wainscoat,
  • R. Weryk,
  • L. Fraga,
  • C. Briceño,
  • L. Conversi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27988-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Although Trojan asteroids have been known for decades in other Solar System planets, only one Earth Trojan asteroid was detected. Here, the authors show that recently discovered 2020 XL5 is the second transient Earth Trojan asteroid.