Image: Neptunian Trojans

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Description: This animation shows the path of the 6 Neptune Trojans in a rotating frame with a period equal to Neptune's orbital period. (Neptune is held stationary.) It shows the trojans librating in a 1:1 resonance to Neptune. Neptune is the white (stationary) dot at 5 o'clock. Uranus is blue, Saturn yellow, and Jupiter red. Each frame covers 164.8 years (a single Neptune orbital period) . Simulation was run for 14500 years (88 frames).
Title: Neptunian Trojans
Credit: Frames generated with Gravity Simulator written by Tony Dunn. Source GIF animation on server
Author: frankuitaalst from the Gravity Simulator message board.
Permission: GPL
Usage Terms: GNU General Public License
License: GPL
License Link: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
Attribution Required?: Yes

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