2596 Vainu Bappu
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Discovery and designation
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Discovered by | R. M. West |
Discovery site | La Silla |
Discovery date | May 19, 1979 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 2596 |
Alternative names[1] | 1979 KN |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Ap | 3.2377248 |
Peri | 2.8284082 |
Eccentricity | 0.0674757 |
Orbital period | 1929.3957974 |
Mean anomaly | 52.83715 |
Inclination | 10.23109 |
Longitude of ascending node | 139.01426 |
Argument of peri | 253.37455 |
Absolute magnitude | 12.8 |
2596 Vainu Bappu (1979 KN) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on May 19, 1979 by R. M. West at La Silla.