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Keywords: Jup-Hil-24-08.png Step 8 of 24 in a stepwise illustration of the orbits of a planet e g Jupiter blue and an asteroid in 3 2 mean motion resonance with the planet e g Hilda pink The planet's Lagrange regions number 3 4 and 5 are indicated as blue green and red rings During successive orbits the asteroid passes through or near the planet's L5 L4 L3 L5 L4 L3 etc For more details see Hilda family Own 2007-12-14 Eddideigel PD Astronomical diagrams |