12607 Alcaeus is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1578.7876893 days (4.32 years).[1]
The asteroid was discovered on September 24, 1960.
Named after Alcaeus (ca. 620 BC-ca. 580 BC), who was a Greek poet from the island of Lesbos. His songs are as famous as those of Sappho. Many of his songs were translated into Latin and influenced Theocrites and Horace.
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