Menoetius

[muh-nee-shee-uhs]

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a Titan, the brother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas.

2. one of the Argonauts and the father of Patroclus.

Example Sentences

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.

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The final flyby, of Patroclus and Menoetius, won’t happen until 2033.

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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.

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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.

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In 2033, it will survey Patroclus and Menoetius, 100-kilometer-wide asteroids orbiting each other.

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