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Saturn gets its 1st confirmed Trojan asteroid — but it might be stolen
Saturn has finally joined its fellow solar system giant planets as the parent of trailing asteroids called "Trojans." But the ...
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NASA's Lucy mission to visit Jupiter's Trojan asteroids in 2021
NASA is working to launch a mission in 2021 to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. This mission, called Lucy, will be the first-ever space mission to study Jupiter's Trojans, and is expected to ...
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NASA Selects UVA Astronomer To Join Asteroid Mission
Anne Verbiscer, a research professor in the University of Virginia’s astronomy department, will soon be working with NASA to take a closer look at Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. Verbiscer is one of eight ...
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Planet Jupiter, explained
The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are made of. Vibrant bands of clouds ripple around its thick atmosphere, making up a world so large that more than 1,300 Earths ...