Trojan asteroids in the Earth’s orbit and computer modeling of their motion

Author: OLHA POLINKO

Company/ Institution: Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Country: Ukraine

e-mail: jasuselection@man.gov.ua

web: https://man.gov.ua/en

This research investigates the hypothesis that Earth Trojan asteroids originated from the main asteroid belt. Using computer modeling, we demonstrate that gravitational interactions with the Earth can redirect a main-belt asteroid into a stable orbit around one of the triangular Lagrange points in the Earth’s orbit.