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Asteroids discovered: 43
13181 Peneleos
September 11 , 1996
(13182) 1996 SO8
September 16 , 1996
(14518) 1996 RZ30
September 13 , 1996
15913 Telemachus
October 1 , 1997
(20144) 1996 RA33
September 15 , 1996
(21271) 1996 RF33
September 15 , 1996
(21370) 1997 TB28
October 1 , 1997
(21371) 1997 TD28
October 1 , 1997
(21372) 1997 TM28
October 6 , 1997
(23622) 1996 RW29
September 12 , 1996
(23709) 1997 TA28
October 1 , 1997
(24882) 1996 RK30
September 13 , 1996
(31170) 1997 WO58
November 26 , 1997
(35277) 1996 RV27
September 10 , 1996
(35363) 1997 TV28
October 6 , 1997
(35373) 1997 UT25
October 25 , 1997
(37714) 1996 RK29
September 11 , 1996
(37715) 1996 RN31
September 13 , 1996
(37716) 1996 RP32
September 15 , 1996
(37790) 1997 UX26
October 27 , 1997
(39691) 1996 RR31
September 13 , 1996
(39692) 1996 RB32
September 14 , 1996
(39798) 1997 TW28
October 6 , 1997
(42554) 1996 RJ28
September 11 , 1996
(42555) 1996 RU31
September 13 , 1996
(46676) 1996 RF29
September 11 , 1996
(52645) 1997 XR13
December 2 , 1997
(58478) 1996 RC29
September 11 , 1996
(58479) 1996 RJ29
September 11 , 1996
(58480) 1996 RJ33
September 15 , 1996
(58658) 1997 WY57
November 27 , 1997
(58659) 1997 WZ57
November 27 , 1997
(65811) 1996 RW30
September 13 , 1996
(79444) 1997 UM26
October 26 , 1997
(85394) 1996 RT32
September 15 , 1996
(85548) 1997 XX13
December 4 , 1997
(90866) 1996 RA28
September 10 , 1996
(90988) 1997 XS13
December 4 , 1997
(100452) 1996 RY27
September 10 , 1996
(100624) 1997 TR28
October 6 , 1997
(100636) 1997 UY26
October 26 , 1997
(100671) 1997 WN57
November 26 , 1997
(100672) 1997 WF58
November 30 , 1997
The Uppsala-DLR Trojan Survey (UDTS) is an effort to study the movements and distribution of asteroids near Jupiter , specifically those in orbits similar to that of Jupiter (in the Jovian Lagrangian cloud ) and those which Jupiter blocks from the Earth . It should not be confused with the Uppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey (UDAS) which was started shortly after the UDTS concluded.
This group of about 400 asteroids is called the Trojans , because of the naming scheme . Each asteroid is named after Greek and Trojan heroes .
The survey was carried out at the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory in Sweden , in collaboration with DLR, the Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center ), by Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist , Gerhard Hahn , Stefano Mottola , Magnus Lundström and Uri Carsenty .
The ESO Schmidt telescope was used to survey 900 square degrees of the Jovian L4 Lagrangian point during the fall of 1996 to identify the asteroids, and additional positions and magnitude data were detected using the 0.6-m Bochum telescope at La Silla Observatory .
There is some notable controversy over P/1997 T3 , one of the objects found in the Uppsala-DLR Trojan Survey, namely an asteroid-like object with a comet -like tail. It is thought that this tail is composed of dust, due to its consistent appearance, and the fact that it is pointing towards the Sun , not away from it.
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