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{{Infobox Planet | minorplanet = yes | width = 25em | bgcolour = #FFFFC0 |
 name=2456 Palamedes
 | discovery=yes
 | discovery_ref=[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html]
 | discoverer=[[Purple Mountain Observatory]]
 | discovered=[[January 30]], [[1966]]
 | designations = yes
 | alt_names=1966 BA1 
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'''2456 Palamedes''' is a [[Jupiter trojan]] asteroid that orbits in the L<sub>4</sub> [[Lagrangian point]] of the [[Sun]]-[[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]] system, in the [[List of Trojan asteroids (Greek camp)|"Greek Camp"]] of Trojan asteroids. It was named after the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] hero [[Palamedes (Greek mythology)|Palamedes]]. It was discovered by the [[Purple Mountain Observatory]] in [[Nanjing]], [[China]] on [[January 30]], [[1966]].


==References==
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==External links==
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.txt Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets]
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2456;orb=1 Orbital simulation] from JPL (Java) / [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=2456 Ephemeris]

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