Queen's University Belfast students find Neptune's elusive Trojan asteroids
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“An international team of researchers has finally identified a population of Trojan asteroids orbiting Neptune, solving a mystery that has persisted for decades. These asteroids, which lead and trail the planet, were the last of their kind to be discovered among the giant planets in our solar system.”
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