588 Achilles
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588 Achilles is an
asteroid discovered on [[February 22],
1906 by the German astronomer Max Wolf. It was the first of the Trojan asteroids to be discovered, and is named after
Achilles, a fictional hero from the
Trojan War. It orbits in the L
4 Lagrangian point of the
Sun-
Jupiter system.
- Diameter: 116 km
- Spectral type: D