(8241) Agrius

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( 8241 ) Agrius 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.

( 8241 ) Agrius 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 19, 1973. He is associated with the Lagrangian point L4.

The asteroid is. According to the mythological Greek hero Agrios, king of Calydon, named a son of King Porthaon and father of Thersites, who took part on the side of the Greeks in the Trojan War