Astronomers have found a new 100km diameter Trojan asteroid near Neptune. Trojans are a type of asteroid found in space graveyards. They shed light on what the early Solar System was like. Scientists say up to 150 similar objects could await discovery in the same area. The new asteroid was discovered by Dr Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution and Dr Chadwick Trujillo of the Gemini Observatory, Hawaii. Read more
Orbital elements: 2008 LC18 Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 168.90351 (2000.0) P Q n 0.00599597 Peri. 7.37337 -0.08819400 -0.88243527 a 30.0074799 Node 88.52262 +0.88868775 -0.27925380 e 0.0820038 Incl. 27.53217 +0.44995100 +0.37858329 P 164.38 H 8.4 G 0.15 U 6