(6998) Tithonus

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( 6998 ) Tithonus 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.

( 6998 ) Tithonus was discovered on 16 October 1977 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 L5.

The asteroid is named after the mythological figure of Tithonus, the son of the Trojan king Laomedon and brother of Priam.