Discovery date 14 November 1985 Minor planet category Trojan asteroid Discovered 14 November 1985 Named after Meriones Asteroid group Jupiter trojan | Alternative names 1985 VO Observation arc 23651 days (64.75 yr) Orbits Sun Discovery site Brorfelde Observatory | |
Discovered by P. Jensen, K. Augustesen, Aphelion 5.5445723 AU (829.45621 Gm) Discoverers Poul Jensen, Karl Augustesen People also search for 3709 Polypoites, 3793 Leonteus | ||
3596 Meriones is an asteroid discovered on November 14, 1985 by Poul Jensen and Karl Augustesen. It is named after Meriones, the fictional hero from the Iliad. It orbits in the L4 Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system and is therefore considered to be part of the "Greek camp".
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