What is the orbital sidereal period of a Trojan asteroid?
A) The Trojan asteroids have different orbital periods, depending on their masses.
B) 5.9 years, the same as most asteroids in the asteroid belt
C) 11.86 years, the same as Jupiter
D) 1.88 years, the same as Mars
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