(22222) Hodios

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( 22222 ) Hodios 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.

( 22222 ) Hodios was discovered by the Dutch astronomer Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten - Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory (IAU code 675) on September 30, 1973. He is associated with the Lagrangian point L4.

The asteroid is named after the mythological Greek Herald Hodios who wanted to move ahead of Troy along with the Herald Eurybates Odysseus and Phoinix as a member of Bittgesandtschaft ( Presbeia ) Achilles to intervene again in the fight.