The green dots are Trojan Asteroids and occupy one of Jupiter ‘s two stable Lagrangian points located 60-degrees before and after the planet. The pink dots are Hildian Asteroids that dynamically move between one of three positions directly opposite Jupiter or 60-degrees before and after the planet.
Source: http://www.exploremars.org/trojan-asteroids-around-jupiter-explained
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