These are fragments of a mysterious world that disappeared billions of years ago
Several small asteroids orbiting Mars and representing the fragments of an ancient and mysterious mini-world are called Trojans or Trojans by astronomers. They broke away from the planet, which disappeared many billions of years ago, as a result of its collision with a large astronomical body, and remained in the orbit of Mars.
In total, the Red Planet has 9 small asteroids. The first is that Eureka was calculated by astronomers 25 years ago. The largest is 2 kilometers in diameter, the rest are from 0.5 to 1.3 kilometers.
Trojan asteroids appeared at a very early stage in the origin and formation of the solar system, when it looked very different from what it is now. Jupiter has the most Trojans - about 6 thousand. 10 small asteroids revolve around Neptune. Mars stands out among the planets with asteroids in that it is the only rocky planet. Now a large group of astronomers from different countries using the Very Large Telescope (MBT), located in Chile, intends to try to uncover the secrets of the Trojan asteroids on Mars. Scientists have already determined from the spectrum of sunlight reflected by asteroids that they consist mainly of olivine. This mineral is formed in large bodies as a result of very high pressure and temperature, that is, as a result of a strong impact. We are talking about miniplanets like the Earth, which at the dawn of the history of the solar system also had a crust,mantle and core, but which were destroyed by collisions and disappeared, writes the Daily Mail.