Panthoos


Asteroid 4754, Panthoos, a Jupiter Trojan, was discovered on October 16, 1977 by C.J. van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory near Pauma Valley, California. It has a period of 11 years, 332 days and is about 39½ miles in diameter.

It was named for Panthoos, a member of the Trojan senate who warned against the marriage of a Trojan prince and Greek princess (Paris and Helen), and was convinced that Troy was doomed as a result.

Astrologically, asteroid Panthoos seems to indicate racism, racial purity obsession, anti-immigration, xenophobia or anti-racism, broad-mindedness.



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