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| Tro·jan as·ter·oid (plural Tro·jan as·ter·oids) |
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asteroid with similar orbit to Jupiter: a member of either of the two groups of asteroids that share the same orbit as Jupiter but precede or follow it by about 60 degrees
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| [Early 20th century. Because the asteroids take their names from characters in Homer's Iliad] |
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