New type of Trojan asteroid discovered near Jupiter has an orbit like an asteroid but the tail of a comet

The newly discovered asteroid named 2019 LD2 has an orbit like an asteroid but the tail of a comet. While not entirely unknown, what makes 2019 LD2 special is that it shares Jupiter’s orbit in an asteroid swarm known as the Jupiter Trojans.

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