3596 MERIONES


'3596 Meriones' is an asteroid discovered on November 14, 1985 by Poul Jensen and Karl Augustesen. It is named after Meriones, the fictional hero from the ''Iliad''. It orbits in the L4 Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system and is therefore considered to be part of the "Greek camp".

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Orbital simulation (Java Applet)

3596 Meriones (1985 VO) according to ''JPL''

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