Do Trojan exoplanets exist?

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Investigating these co-orbiting worlds in our own solar system may help us predict prevalence in extrasolar systems.

The new study generalizes this friction to theoretical exoplanet systems with more than two bodies, assuming a star, a gas giant planet and a rocky planet moving aroundThe analysis suggests that the star's tides and the giant planet's tides working together on the Earth-sized planet would make its orbit become unstable.

While the tidal forces may eject Trojans before we can observe them, there might still be some that are in younger systems and able to be observed. There also might be more insight on how Trojans behave from a NASA mission in flight.A study based on the research was available in pre-proof onFollow Elizabeth Howell on Twitter

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