Thessandrus

(1989 AN2 )
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NOW @ 9 CAN 17
FOUND @ 6 LEO 40
 
Inclination: 9.075
Eccentricity: 0.044
Period: 11.867 years
AU 5.202
Type: 0009

Discovery Chart

9.1.1989 08:40 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Thessandrus was one of the Greek captains who hid inside the Trojan horse, which was devised by Epeios, who himself hid inside the horse. This minor planet is paired dynamically with (2148) Epeios. Virgil {see planet  (2798)}, in the Aeneid, seems to imply that Thessandrus was the first warrior to slide down the lowered rope from the belly of the horse, thus beginning the sack of Troy. (M 22248) _ _.


Discovered on 9-1-1989 in Palomar by Shoemaker, C. S.

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