Named for the sad Trojan hero who figures in Doloneia, the tenth book of the Iliad. Dolon penetrated the Greek’s camp at night to learn of their intentions but was caught and killed without pity by Ulysses and Diomedes {see, respectively, planets (5254) and (1437)}. (M 30803) _ _.
Discovered on 21-8-1987 in La Silla by Elst, E. W.