Medon

(1989 CK1 )
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NOW @ 22 CAN 40
FOUND @ 12 LEO 19
 
Inclination: 19.393
Eccentricity: 0.109
Period: 11.912 years
AU 5.216
Type: 0009

Discovery Chart

2.2.1989 07:07 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named for an illegitimate son of Oileus, and half-brother of Ajax Oiliades (also known as Little Ajax). Medon lived in exile for having killed a relative of his stepmother. He fought bravely at Troy, but was killed before the Greek ships by Aeneas {see planet  (1172)}. (M 18648) _ _.


Discovered on 2-2-1989 in Palomar by Shoemaker, C. S.

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