Discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth Alternative names 1937 PB Observation arc 78.01 yr (28494 days) Discovered 3 August 1937 Discoverer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth Asteroid group Jupiter trojan | Discovery date 3 August 1937 Minor planet category Jupiter trojan Aphelion 5.4237 AU (811.37 Gm) Orbits Sun Named after Diomedes | |
Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar 911 Agamemnon, Jupiter trojan, 617 Patroclus, 588 Achilles, Solar System | ||
1437 Diomedes is a Jupiter trojan orbiting near the L4 Lagrangian point of the Sun–Jupiter system, i.e. "Greek Camp". Based on IRAS data, Diomedes is 164 km in diameter, the third-largest Jupiter trojan. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on 3 August 1937, in Heidelberg, Germany and named after the Greek hero Diomedes
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