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Jupyter Trojans are groups of planetesimals that co-orbit the Sun with Jupiter located in the vicinity of Lagrange points L4 and L5 and driven primarily by the gravitational forces of Jupiter and the Sun. They are thought to be early remnants of planetesimals that existed in the planetary regions where planets were formed. Their study is crucial in enhancing our understanding of the Solar System dynamics and the history of small-body populations. In recent years it has been possible to perform extensive numerical simulations of the motion of these planetesimals and thus also to investigate the size and structure of the stability region around the Lagrangian points. In this work, we analyze the orbital characteristics of the Trojans under the Sun's and Jupiter's gravitational perturbations. We employ the Leapfrog method to simulate the gravitational influences, focusing on their motion within a 3-body framework.
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