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One great visualization of the principles here is this:http://sajri.astronomy.cz/asteroidgroups/hildatroj.gif http://sajri.astronomy.cz/asteroidgroups/hildatroj
by electromagnetic 12y ago
One great visualization of the principles here is this:http://sajri.astronomy.cz/asteroidgroups/hildatroj.gif http://sajri.astronomy.cz/asteroidgroups/hildatroj.gif
The pink/purple ones bounce between the L3, L4 and L5 points. The green ones are in orbits of the L4 or L5 points and have an orbital period that should be the same as jupiter itself.