588 Achilles is an
asteroid discovered in February
1906 by the German astronomer
Max Wolf[?]. It was the first of the
Trojan asteroids to be discovered, and is named after
Achilles, a fictional hero from the
Trojan War. It orbits in the L
4 Lagrangian point of the
Sun-
Jupiter system.
- Diameter: 116 km
- Spectral type: D