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In order to find the rather large extent of space where Jupiter's Trojan asteroids can remain, one would use a map of the Celestial sphere, and look at the long stretch of points that happen to be +/- sixty degrees of wherever Jupiter happens to be at the moment. I show a screen shot from in-the-sky.org's Star Atlas page. The purple dot in the center next to the constellation name Libra is Jupiter, but because of some glitch it is not showing right now. Holding a cursor over the dot shows its name. The yellow diagonal line is the Ecliptic, and the +/- 60 degree regions will be at either end of the box. It's really really huge, there are no specific coordinates, and the only way to know an extremely faint dot would be an asteroid rather than a star would be an extremely detailed star map, or a series of exposures over hours or days showing the motion relative to the other objects.

EDIT: You can use any similar mapping program or website. You've asked about December, the programs can usually be walked backwards or forwards in time to whichever date you are interested in. The figure below is for mid-February, when I posted the answer.

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You can also enjoy Scott Manleys YouTube Videos:

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In order to find the rather large extent of space where Jupiter's Trojan asteroids can remain, one would use a map of the Celestial sphere, and look at the long stretch of points that happen to be +/- sixty degrees of wherever Jupiter happens to be at the moment. I show a screen shot from in-the-sky.org's Star Atlas page. The purple dot in the center next to the constellation name Libra is Jupiter, but because of some glitch it is not showing right now. Holding a cursor over the dot shows its name. The yellow diagonal line is the Ecliptic, and the +/- 60 degree regions will be at either end of the box. It's really really huge, there are no specific coordinates, and the only way to know an extremely faint dot would be an asteroid rather than a star would be an extremely detailed star map, or a series of exposures over hours or days showing the motion relative to the other objects.

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You can also enjoy Scott Manleys YouTube Videos:

enter image description here

In order to find the rather large extent of space where Jupiter's Trojan asteroids can remain, one would use a map of the Celestial sphere, and look at the long stretch of points that happen to be +/- sixty degrees of wherever Jupiter happens to be at the moment. I show a screen shot from in-the-sky.org's Star Atlas page. The purple dot in the center next to the constellation name Libra is Jupiter, but because of some glitch it is not showing right now. Holding a cursor over the dot shows its name. The yellow diagonal line is the Ecliptic, and the +/- 60 degree regions will be at either end of the box. It's really really huge, there are no specific coordinates, and the only way to know an extremely faint dot would be an asteroid rather than a star would be an extremely detailed star map, or a series of exposures over hours or days showing the motion relative to the other objects.

EDIT: You can use any similar mapping program or website. You've asked about December, the programs can usually be walked backwards or forwards in time to whichever date you are interested in. The figure below is for mid-February, when I posted the answer.

enter image description here

You can also enjoy Scott Manleys YouTube Videos:

enter image description here

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uhoh
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In order to find the rather large extent of space where Jupiter's Trojan asteroids can remain, one would use a map of the Celestial sphere, and look at the long stretch of points that happen to be +/- sixty degrees of wherever Jupiter happens to be at the moment. I show a screen shot from in-the-sky.org's Star Atlas page. The purple dot in the center next to the constellation name Libra is Jupiter, but because of some glitch it is not showing right now. Holding a cursor over the dot shows its name. The yellow diagonal line is the Ecliptic, and the +/- 60 degree regions will be at either end of the box. It's really really huge, there are no specific coordinates, and the only way to know an extremely faint dot would be an asteroid rather than a star would be an extremely detailed star map, or a series of exposures over hours or days showing the motion relative to the other objects.

enter image description here

You can also enjoy Scott Manleys YouTube Videos:

enter image description here