
Orbit of 2010 TK₇.
An Earth trojan is an asteroid that orbits the Sun in the vicinity of the Earth–Sun L4 or L5 Lagrange points. Only two Earth trojans have so far been discovered: 2010 TK₇ and 2020 XL₅, both at the leading L4 point.[1][2]
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Small Solar System Bodies including comets | ||
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Cis-Neptunian | NEO | ꞌAylóꞌchaxnim • Atrias • Apollos • Arjunas • Amors • Venus Trojan • Earth Trojans • Mars Trojans • Quasi-Satellites |
Main Belt/Jupiter Trojans | Asteroids • Various Collisional Families • Ceres/Vesta Trojans • Hilda • Jupiter Trojans • Quasi-Satellites | |
Distant/Centaur | Centaur • Damocloid • Saturn Trojan • Uranus Trojans • Neptune Trojans | |
TNO | Kuiper Belt/KBO | Classical (Cold • Hot) • Resonant (Plutino • Twotino) |
Scattered disc/SDO | Resonant | |
ETNO | ESDO | |
EDDO | Sednoid → Oort Cloud Objects | |
Comets | NEC • Sungrazing/Kreutz Sungrazing • Remnant • Extinct • Lost • Jupiter • Quasi-Hilda • Halley-type |