1437 Diomedes is a large 164 km Jupiter trojan asteroid that orbits in the L4 Lagrangian point of the Sun–Jupiter system in the Greek Camp of Trojan asteroids. Based on IRAS data Diomedes is 164 km in diameter and is the 3rd largest Jupiter Trojan. It was named after the Greek hero Diomedes. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on August 3 1937 in Heidelberg Germany.
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