Jupiter trojan

 The Jupiter trojans are a large group of asteroids that share the planet Jupiter's orbit around the Sun.


Image source - wiki link mentioned in the Note section


As per new estimates, the total number of Jupiter trojans with a diameter larger than 2 km is 

1)6,300 ± 1,000 in the L4(lagrange point) swarms and 

2)3,400 ± 500  and L5(lagrangepoint) swarms

Each swarm stretches for about 26° along the orbit of Jupiter, amounting to a total distance of about 2.5 AU

Note- Information is based on below wiki link-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_trojan#Physical_properties

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