4237 P-L. Discovered 1960 Sept. 24 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld at Palomar.
Echnaton was a pharaoh of the old Egyptian kingdom who reigned from 1375 to 1358 B.C. He started a religious reformation by replacing the worship of the traditional Egyptian gods by that of the single god Aten {see planet (2062)}. In his time Egyptian art was more colorful and more relaxed. (M 18142)
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