Menoetius
Americannoun
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a Titan, the brother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas.
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one of the Argonauts and the father of Patroclus.
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Others are the 20-kilometre-long, football-shaped Leucus, and the pair known as Patroclus and Menoetius, which orbit one another and are both around 100 kilometres across.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2021
The final flyby, of Patroclus and Menoetius, won’t happen until 2033.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2021
After swinging past Earth to pick up speed, the spacecraft will, in 2033, fly to 617 Patroclus and Menoetius, binary asteroids that rotate around a common center of mass.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
Then in 2033, Lucy will make its way to the swarm ahead of Jupiter, meeting up with two Trojans that orbit around one another, Patroclus and Menoetius.
From The Verge ● Oct. 15, 2021
Menoetius thus: 'Though great Achilles shine In strength superior, and of race divine, Yet cooler thoughts thy elder years attend; Let thy just counsels aid, and rule thy friend.'
From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander
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