(18281) Tros

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( 18281 ) Tros is an asteroid from the group of Jupiter Trojans. Thus asteroids are called, which run on the orbit of the planet Jupiter on the Lagrange points around the sun. He is associated with the Lagrangian point L5, that is, ( 18281 ) Tros runs Jupiter in its orbit around the sun by 60 ° behind.

The asteroid was discovered on October 16, 1977 by the Dutch astronomer Cornelis Johannes van Houten couple and Ingrid van Houten - Groeneveld. The discovery happened in the third Trojan survey, in which the 120 - cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar Observatory recorded by Tom Gehrels field plates at Leiden University were screened, 17 years after the beginning of the Palomar - Leiden Surveys.

( 18281 ) was named after Tros Tros, a grandson of Dardanus and ancestor of the Trojans. When the asteroid trailing Trojans are named after the Trojan hero. The appointment was made on 9 March 2001 In 1979, an impact crater was named on Jupiter's moon Ganymede by Tros. Ganymedkrater Tros.