▁fruit ful ▁Pal om ar – Le iden ▁survey ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁Ge h rel s ▁used ▁Pal om ar ' s ▁Samuel ▁O sch in ▁teles cope ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁ 4 8 - inch ▁Schmidt ▁T eles cope ), ▁and ▁sh ipped ▁the ▁phot ographic ▁pl ates ▁to ▁Corn el is ▁Johannes ▁van ▁H out en ▁and ▁In grid ▁van ▁H out en - G ro ene vel d ▁at ▁Le iden ▁Observ atory . ▁The ▁tri o ▁are ▁cred ited ▁with ▁several ▁thousand ▁astero id ▁discover ies . ▁ ▁N aming ▁▁ ▁This ▁minor ▁planet ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁Greek ▁myth ological ▁figure ▁Phil oct etes , ▁f amed ▁arch er ▁and ▁particip ant ▁in ▁the ▁Tro jan ▁War , ▁where ▁he ▁killed ▁Paris , ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁Tro jan ▁King ▁Pri am . ▁The ▁official ▁ ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁the ▁Minor ▁Planet ▁Center ▁on ▁ 1 ▁June ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁( ). ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁Ast ero id ▁Light cur ve ▁Database ▁( LC DB ), ▁query ▁form ▁( info ) ▁ ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁Minor ▁Planet ▁Names , ▁Google ▁books ▁ ▁Ast ero ids ▁and ▁com ets ▁rotation ▁curves , ▁C d R ▁– ▁Observ atoire ▁de ▁Gen ève , ▁Ra oul ▁Be hr end ▁ ▁Disc overy ▁Circ um st ances : ▁Number ed ▁Minor ▁Plan ets ▁( 1 )- ( 5 0 0 0 ) ▁– ▁Minor ▁Planet ▁Center ▁▁▁▁▁▁ 0 0 1 8