Ixion tried to win the love of Hera {see planet (103)}, but Zeus {see planet (5731)} thwarted this by creating the cloud Nephele {see planet (431)}, which resembled Hera and by whom Ixion fathered the Centaurs. For his crimes Ixion was bound to a wheel that turns forever in the underworld. (M 45236)
The name was suggested by E. K. Elliot.
Discovered on 22-5-2001 in Cerro Tololo by Deep Ecliptic Survey | ||
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