This Apollo-type minor planet was named previously for the lover of Aphrodite {see planet (1388)}. Adonis was ordered by Zeus {see planet (5731)} to spend part of each year with Aphrodite and part with Persephone {see planet (399)}. He is regarded as a god of vegetation and of swine and was killed by a boar sent by Artemis {see planet (105)}. (M 4548)
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