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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | J. Ticha and M. Tichy |
| Discovery site | Klet |
| Discovery date | December 27, 1997 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 10234 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1997 YB8 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.1855685 |
| Peri | 2.7956247 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0651950 |
| Orbital period | 1889.0140244 |
| Mean anomaly | 131.76754 |
| Inclination | 10.51637 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 131.98873 |
| Argument of peri | 194.60967 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.2 |
10234 Sixtygarden (1997 YB8) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 27, 1997 by J. Ticha and M. Tichy at Klet. It is named after the address of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, home of the Minor Planet Center and the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams.[1]