Daedalus

(1971 FA )
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24.3.1971 00:00 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 0


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Named for the builder of King Minos’ {see planet  (6239)} labyrinth, who was subsequently imprisoned there with his son Icarus. Both escaped, on wings of feathers and wax, but whereas Icarus was drowned when the wax in his wings melted {see planet  (1566)}, Daedalus went on to Sicily and built there a temple to Apollo {see planet  (1862)}. (M 3758) _ _.


Discovered on 24-3-1971 in Palomar by Gehrels, T.

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