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First 'Trojan' Asteroid Companion of Uranus Found [1]

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Space.com - 8/29/13, Charles Q. Choi

Trojan Asteroid 2011 QF99

This image is one of three discovery images of 2011 QF99 taken from Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Oct. 24, 2011 (2011 QF99 is inside the green [2] circle). 2011 QF99 is the first Trojan asteroid discovered around Uranus. Image released Aug. 29, 2013.

 

Astronomers have discovered an unexpected, novel kind of triangle in the sky — one whose points are the sun, Uranus and the first "Trojan asteroid" ever seen near the tilted planet.

The discovery of the Trojan asteroid [3] for Uranus suggests Uranus and Neptune could have far more such asteroid companions than previously thought, scientists say.

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[2] http://www.space.com/22590-uranus-trojan-asteroid-discovery.html#
[3] http://www.space.com/12456-civilization-space-find-trojan-asteroid.html
[4] http://www.space.com/22590-uranus-trojan-asteroid-discovery.html
[5] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/uranus
[6] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/asteroids
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[8] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/astronomy
[9] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/type-post/earth-space-weather