Trojan satellites
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Trojan moon
A Trojan moon is a
natural satellite
of a
planet
occupying the L4 or L5 equilateral
Lagrangian points
of a primary-moon system. They are named by analogy with the
Trojan asteroids
, which occupy the L4 and L5 points of the
Sun
-
Jupiter
system.Four examples are known, all in
Saturn
's system:
Telesto
and
Calypso
bracket
Tethys
, whilst
Helene
and the newly discovered
Polydeuces
bracket
Dione
. The
Earth
-
Moon
points have been repeatedly searched for Trojans, but nothing else than a possible slight overabundance of dust (see
Kordylewski clouds
) has ever been found.
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