Definition of Trojan asteroid
: an asteroid whose average position is at one corner of an equilateral triangle formed with the sun and the planet Jupiter either eastward or westward of the planet
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Origin and Etymology of trojan asteroid
so called from its being one of the group whose members bear the names of Trojan heroes
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