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Eurybates

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[yoo-rahy-buh-teez, yuh-] / jʊˈraɪ bəˌtiz, jə- /

noun

  1. a companion of Odysseus.


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The encounter served as a practice run for Lucy's future visits to the Trojan asteroids, beginning with its flyby of Eurybates on Aug. 12, 2027.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

The spacecraft’s targets include Eurybates, a 64-kilometre-wide remnant of a massive cosmic collision, and its tiny moon Queta, discovered last year with the Hubble Space Telescope.

From Scientific American Oct. 19, 2021

Scientists are interested in differences between its terrain and that of Eurybates.

From Seattle Times Oct. 16, 2021

Eurybates has a tiny moonlet called Queta, which scientists think was created during a past collision.

From The Verge Oct. 15, 2021

But Agamemnon did not forget the threat that he had made Achilles, and called his trusty messengers and squires Talthybius and Eurybates.

From The Iliad by Homer

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