In
Hinduism,
Arjuna is the hero of the epic
Mahabharat. He is the son of the king
Pandu[?] and his wife
Kunti, although he is also the son of the god
Indra. Arjuna is the third eldest of the five
Pandava brothers. In the epic (which spans the course of his entire life), Arjuna becomes the greatest warrior of all time, attaining knowledge of all the weapons in the world. He is also the close friend of
Krishna, an incarnation of the god
Vishnu. The
Bhagavad Gita, one of the most important texts of modern Hinduism, describes a conversation between Krishna and Arjuna.
The Arjuna asteroids are a class of near-Earth asteroids whose orbits are very Earth-like in character, having low inclination, orbital periods close to one Earth year, and low eccentricity. Arjunas are very uncommon, but of significance owing to the extremely low delta V required to reach them from Earth.
See also Apollo, Amor and Aten asteroids.
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