(4138) Kalchas

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( 4138 ) Calchas 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. ( 4138 ) Calchas was discovered on September 19, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten - Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels. He is associated with the Lagrangian point L4.

Was named the asteroid after Calchas, the mythical seer of the Greeks during the Trojan War.