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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld |
| Discovery date | 24 September 1960 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 10434 |
| Alternate name(s) | 4722 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.7530976 |
| Peri | 2.0192078 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1537810 |
| Orbital period | 1346.3121313 |
| Mean anomaly | 134.81046 |
| Inclination | 1.49838 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 210.94061 |
| Argument of peri | 343.61816 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
10434 Tinbergen (4722 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid. The name is in honor of the Dutch astronomer Jaap Tinbergen (1934 - 20 June 2010), known for his contributions to the role of electromagnetic polarization in instrumentation of radio and optical astronomy.