Asteroids named after people called Herodotus
(12608) Aesop
Herodotus Aisopos of Sardes (Aesop) was a slave who lived around 550 B.C. on the island of Samos. The people loved his fine fables so much that he became a free man. Aesop's fables are full of wisdom and have been translated into many languages.Discovered 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T., Palomar