10427 Klinkenberg

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Klinkenberg
Discovery and designation
Discovered by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld
Discovery site Palomar
Discovery date September 24, 1960
Designations
MPC designation 10427
Alternative names[1] 2017 P-L
Epoch May 14, 2008
Ap 2.7210857
Peri 1.7457353
Eccentricity 0.2183545
Orbital period 1219.1334873
Mean anomaly 131.80237
Inclination 2.25210
Longitude of ascending node 262.52217
Argument of peri 55.58770
Absolute magnitude 14.6

10427 Klinkenberg (2017 P-L) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by husband and wife team Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld from plates taken at Palomar by Tom Gehrels. It is named after Dirk Klinkenberg, an eighteenth century Dutch mathematician and astronomer.

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