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The problem is investigated by using the equations of Jupiter's main perturbations in the eccentricity and in the perihelion longitude of Trojan asteroids. The limits and the period of the variation of the eccentricity and of the perihelion longitude are calculated for 30 Trojans. The perihelion is shown to circulate in 20 cases and to librate for 10 asteroids.
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Érdi, B. The motion of the perihelion of Trojan asteroids. Celestial Mechanics 20, 59–67 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01236608
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