2456 Palamedes/pæləˈmiːdiːz/ is a large Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately 90 kilometers (56 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 30 January 1966, by astronomers at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanking, China.[1] The assumed C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 7.24 hours and belongs to the 50 largest Jupiter trojans.[5] It was named after Palamedes from Greek mythology.[3]
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2456Palamedes /pæləˈmiːdiːz/ is a large Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately 90 kilometers (56 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 30...
after the knight Palamedes (mythology), the son of Nauplius in Greek mythology Palamedes (video game), a 1990 video game 2456Palamedes, an asteroid Anthonie...
camp, clustered around the asteroids 1437 Diomedes, 1647 Menelaus, 2456Palamedes, 2797 Teucer and 4035 Thestor. The youngest asteroid pairs discovered...
the Trojan asteroids 2223 Sarpedon, 2260 Neoptolemus, 2363 Cebriones, 2456Palamedes, and the eponymous 3494 Purple Mountain. The Chinese Near-Earth Object...
son of Poseidon and Amymone. He was a king of Euboea and the father of Palamedes, who was killed after a false accusation by Odysseus during the Trojan...
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