(4867) Polites

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( 4867 ) Polites 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. ( 4867 ) Polites was discovered on 27 September 1989 by the American astronomer Jean Carolyn Spellman Shoemaker. He is associated with the Lagrangian point L5.

The asteroid is named after Polites, son of Priam and Hecuba, who was killed during the destruction of Troy.

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