Named for the fighting companion who accompanied Diomedes {see planet (1437)} during his great rush against the Trojans. Sthenelos pulled an arrow from Diomedes’ shoulder and then stole Aeneas’ {see planet (1172)} chariot horses and drove them back among the Greeks. (M 13482) _ _.
Discovered on 12-10-1985 in Palomar by Shoemaker, C. S.