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588 Achilles

Asteroid
Achilles is a large Jupiter trojan asteroid of the Greek camp. Achilles was the first Jupiter trojan to be discovered, and was discovered by Max Wolf at the Heidelberg Observatory in 1906. Wolf named the minor planet after the legendary hero... Wikipedia
Discoverer: Max Wolf
Absolute magnitude (H): 8.47; 8.67
Eccentricity: 0.1463
Jupiter MOID: 0.5704 AU
Mean diameter: 130.10±0.55 km; 133.22±3.33 km; 135.47±4.1 km
Minor planet category: Jupiter trojan; Greek · background
Named after: Achilles (Greek mythology)