Named for an illegitimate son of Oileus, and half-brother of Ajax Oiliades (also known as Little Ajax). Medon lived in exile for having killed a relative of his stepmother. He fought bravely at Troy, but was killed before the Greek ships by Aeneas {see planet (1172)}. (M 18648) _ _.
Discovered on 2-2-1989 in Palomar by Shoemaker, C. S.