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2016 AA165
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Mars trojan
September 2026
2016 AA165 is a Mars Trojan, it was discovered in 2016.New asteroid clusters and evidence of collisional fragmentation in the "L"_5 Trojan cloud of Mars https://arxiv.org/html/2502.16231v1 8 September 2026 arxiv.orgList Of Martian Trojans https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MarsTrojans.html 8 September 2026 minorplanetcenter.net
Orbit
It is in the L5 Lagrange point, along with Eureka, it has a perihelion of 1.386 AU, and an aphelion of 1.622. It also has an eccentricity of 0.090.Christou A. A. Georgakarakos N. Marshall-Lee A. Humpage A. Ćuk M. Dell'Oro A. 27 May 2025 New asteroid clusters and evidence of collisional fragmentation in the L5 Trojan cloud of Mars https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/06/aa53804-25/aa53804-25.html Astronomy & Astrophysics en 698 A42 10.1051/0004-6361/202553804 free 2502.16231 2025A&A...698A..42C 0004-6361 https://web.archive.org/web/20260521110946/https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/06/aa53804-25/aa53804-25.html 21 May 2026
History
It was discovered in 2016 by the University of Arizona Mt Lemmon survey,IAU Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?utf8=%E2%9C%93&object_id=2016+AA165 8 September 2026 www.minorplanetcenter.net but was rediscovered in 2024.
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