TROJAN ASTEROID


Meaning of TROJAN ASTEROID in English

noun

or trojan

( -s )

Usage: usually capitalized T

Etymology: so called from its being one of the group whose members bear the names of Trojan heroes

: an asteroid whose average position is at one corner of an equilateral triangle formed with the sun and the planet Jupiter either eastward or westward of the planet

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