624 Hektor
624 Hektor is the largest of the Jovian Trojan asteroids. It was discovered in 1907 by August Kopff. It is thought to be one of the most elongated bodies in the solar system, being 370 × 195 km.
Hektor lies in Jupiter's leading Lagrangian point, L4, called the 'Greek' node after one of the two sides in the legendary Trojan War. Ironically, Hektor is named after the Trojan hero Hektor, and is thus one of two Trojan asteroids that is "misplaced" in the wrong camp (the other being 617 Patroclus in the Trojan node).
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