6581 P-L. Discovered 1960 Sept. 26 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld at Palomar.
Lycomedes was king of Scyros during the Trojan war. At his court Thetis hid her son Achilles {see, respectively, planets (17) and (588)}, dressed in girl’s clothes to save him from the Trojan war. He was found by Odysseus {see planet (1143)}. (M 34355)
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