(15651) Tlepolemos

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( 15651 ) Tlepolemus is an asteroid from the group of Jupiter Trojans. Thus asteroids are called, which run on the path of Jupiter on the Lagrange points around the sun.

( 15651 ) Tlepolemus was discovered on 22 October 1960 by the Dutch astronomer Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten - Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. He is associated with the Lagrangian point L4.

The asteroid is named after Tlepolemus, the son of Hercules and King of Rhodes.