Pair of Trojan Asteroids Hint At Battle Between Giant Planets
Much like the famed Trojan horse, Jupiter's Trojan asteroids are hiding a secret.According to a new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy, the existence of a bound pair of "Trojan asteroids" trapped in a stable orbit around Jupiter suggests the early solar system was shaken up by a battle between the giant planets much earlier than astronomers previously thought."The Trojans were likely captured during a dramatic period of dynamic instability when a skirmish between the sol
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