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The satellite Menoetius (/ m ə ˈ n iː ʃ ə s / mə-NEE-shəs; official designation (617) Patroclus I Menoetius) was named after the legendary father of Patroclus. It was previously known by the provisional designation S/2001 (617) 1. Patroclus and Menoetius are the only objects in the Trojan camp to be named after Greek rather than Trojan ...
Homer also references Menoetius as the individual who gave Patroclus to Peleus. [14] Menoetius was the son of Actor , [ 15 ] king of Opus in Locris , by Aegina , daughter of Asopus . Patroclus was Achilles's first cousin once removed through their paternal family connection to Aegina, as Achilles was the son of Peleus and grandson of Aeacus ...
Menoetius from Opus was one of the Argonauts, [4] and son of Actor [5] and Aegina. He was the father of Patroclus and Myrto [6] by either Damocrateia, [7] Sthenele, [8] Philomela [9] [10] Polymele, or Periopis. [11] Among the settlers of Locris, Menoetius was chiefly honored by King Opus II, son of Zeus and Protogeneia. [12]
According to Pseudo-Apollodorus, Patroclus was the son of Menoetius and Polymele. After Patroclus killed a young boy in anger, Menoetius gave him to Peleus , the father of Achilles. As such, Patroclus can be seen as a brother-like figure to Achilles.
Patroclus, the Thespian son of Heracles and Pyrippe, [1] daughter of King Thespius of Thespiae. [2] Patroclus and his 49 half-brothers were born of Thespius' daughters who were impregnated by Heracles in one night, [ 3 ] for a week [ 4 ] or in the course of 50 days [ 5 ] while hunting for the Cithaeronian lion . [ 6 ]
Seven of the Lucy mission's targets: the binary asteroid Patroclus/Menoetius, Eurybates, Orus, Leucus, Polymele, and the main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson. The specific objects that are targeted for flyby observation passes performed by the spacecraft include: [15] [33] [34] [35]
The presence of Patroclus-Menoetius among the Jupiter Trojans requires that the giant planet instability occurred within 100 million years of the formation of the Solar System. [4] Interactions between Pluto-massed objects in the outer planetesimal disk can result in an early instability.
Menelaus supporting the body of Patroclus, in the Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, Italy. The Pasquino Group (also known as Menelaus Carrying the Body of Patroclus or Ajax Carrying the Body of Achilles) is a group of marble sculptures that copy a Hellenistic bronze original, dating to ca. 200–150 BCE. [1]