Arjuna asteroid

The Arjuna asteroids (also known as "Arjunas") are a dynamical group of asteroids in the Solar System. Arjunas are near-Earth objects (NEOs) whose orbits are very Earth-like in character, having low inclination, orbital periods close to one year, and low eccentricity. The group is named after Arjuna, a central hero in Hindu historic script Mahabharata. The definition is somewhat more relevant and overlaps the definition of the four well-established Apollo, Amor, Aten and Atira groups. They constitute a dynamically cold group of small NEOs that experience repeated trappings in the 1:1 mean-motion resonance with the Earth.^[1][2]

Members

Potential members of the Arjuna group with their Apollo (APO) or Aten (ATE) group classification in parentheses, include:

• 1991 VG (APO)
• 2003 YN107 (ATE)
• 2006 JY26 (APO)
• 2009 SH2 (ATE)
• 2013 BS45 (ATE)
• 2024 PT5 (APO)