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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | James Whitney Young |
| Discovery site | Table Mountain Observatory near Wrightwood, California |
| Discovery date | January 20, 2003 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 158621 |
| Alternate name(s) | 2003 BJ |
| Minor planet category |
main belt asteroid |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.3840044 |
| Peri | 2.0546702 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0741965 |
| Orbital period | 1207.6285898 |
| Mean anomaly | 199.81715 |
| Inclination | 3.77503 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 221.08691 |
| Argument of peri | 324.10283 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.0 |
(158621) 2003 BJ is a Main Belt asteroid discovered on January 20, 2003 by James Whitney Young at the Table Mountain Observatory near Wrightwood, California.