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==617 Patroclus==

==617 Patroclus==

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'''617 Patroclus''' was discovered on October 17th, 1906 by A. Kopff from Heidelberg, Germany. It is 76 miles (122 km) in size.<ref>http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/near_earth_objects/asteroids_and_comets/patroclus.html</ref>

'''617 Patroclus''' was discovered on October 17th, 1906 by A. Kopff from [[Heidelberg]], Germany. It is 76 miles (122 km) in size.<ref>http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/near_earth_objects/asteroids_and_comets/patroclus.html</ref>

Its companion object '''Menoetius''' was discovered on September 22nd, 2001 by William J. Merline, Laird M. Close, N. Siegler, D. Potter, C. R. Chapman, C. Dumas, F. Menard, and D. C. Slater using the Gemini North adaptive optics telescope at Mauna Kea, Hawaii.<ref>http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-00617.html</ref>. It's nearly as large as 617 Patroclus almost 70 miles (112 kilometers) in size.<ref>http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/near_earth_objects/asteroids_and_comets/patroclus.html</ref>

Its companion object '''Menoetius''' was discovered on September 22nd, 2001 by William J. Merline, Laird M. Close, N. Siegler, D. Potter, C. R. Chapman, C. Dumas, F. Menard, and D. C. Slater using the Gemini North adaptive optics telescope at Mauna Kea, Hawaii.<ref>http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-00617.html</ref>. It's nearly as large as 617 Patroclus almost 70 miles (112 kilometers) in size.<ref>http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/near_earth_objects/asteroids_and_comets/patroclus.html</ref>