5335 Damocles (/ˈdæməkliːz/ DAM-ə-kleez) is the archetype of the Damocloids asteroids that are inactive nuclei of the Halley Family and long-period comets. It was discovered in 1991 and named after Damocles a figure of Greek mythology. When Damocles was discovered in 1991 by Robert H. McNaught it was found to be on an orbit completely different from all others known. Damocles’s orbit reached from inside the aphelion of Mars to as far as Uranus.
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