Astronomers from the
Arman Observatory, United Kingdom, led by Apostolos A. Christou reported
finding a new family of Trojan asteroids of Mars.
The orbital evolution
of the detected lasted about 100 million years, scientists say, and the orbits
of the asteroids orbit recall now the largest of the known Trojan asteroids of
Mars Eureka 5261. This group forms a cluster within a region of space, which is
usually the most stable are the Trojan asteroids.