Lycomedes was king of Scyros during the Trojan war. At his court Thetis hid her son Achilles {see, respectively, planets (17) and (588)}, dressed in girl’s clothes to save him from the Trojan war. He was found by Odysseus {see planet (1143)}. (M 34355) _ _.
Discovered on 26-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.