Trojan Asteroids Beware - NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Is On The Hunt | Video

Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 16:01 in Astronomy & Space

During its travels to study asteroid Bennu, the NASA mission will be on the lookout for space rocks trapped in Earth’s fourth Lagrange point. Only 1 asteroid that fits the bill as an Earth trojan has been found to date.

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