What is the orbital sidereal period of a Trojan asteroid? (See Figure 8-16 and Appendix,Table C-1,Comins,Discovering the Essential Universe,6th Ed.)
A) It is difficult to be specific because all 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
D) 1.88 years
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