(4902) Thessandrus

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( 4902 ) Thessandrus 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. ( 4902 ) Thessandrus was discovered on January 9, 1989 by the American astronomer Jean Carolyn Spellman Shoemaker. He is associated with the Lagrangian point L4.

The name is derived from Thersander, a Greek warrior in the Trojan War.

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