4902 Thessandrus

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4902 Thessandrus is a Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately 60 kilometers (37 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 9 January 1989, by American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California, and later named after Thessander (Thessandrus) from Greek mythology.

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