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Hector
asteroid
Also known as: 624 Hector
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discovery by Kopff
- In asteroid: Trojan asteroids
…trailing Lagrangian point, and (624) Hektor, near the leading Lagrangian point. It was later decided to continue naming such asteroids after participants in the Trojan War as recounted in Homer’s epic work the Iliad and, furthermore, to name those near the leading point after Greek warriors and those near the…
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