Polites


Asteroid 4867, Polites, a Jupiter Trojan, was discovered on September 27, 1989 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory near Pauma Valley, California. It has a period of 11 years, 264 days.

It was named for a Trojan warrior, a son of Priam who died during the sack of Troy, chased down and run through with a spear in the royal palace by Pyrrhus in front of his parents.

Astrologically, Polites seems to indicate what its name suggests: politesse, using politesse, politeness .

The glyph for Polites is mine.



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