617 Patroclus (/pəˈtroʊkləs/ pə-TROH-kləs) is a binary minor planet made up of two objects of similar size orbiting their common centre of gravity. It is a Jupiter trojan. It was discovered in 1906 by August Kopff and was the second trojan to be discovered.
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