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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | H.-E. Schuster |
| Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
| Discovery date | July 9, 1978 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 10454 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1978 NY |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.6261193 |
| Peri | 2.0531931 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1224381 |
| Orbital period | 1307.1531852 |
| Mean anomaly | 18.23134 |
| Inclination | 5.93209 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 303.28977 |
| Argument of peri | 74.64778 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
10454 Vallenar (1978 NY) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 9, 1978 by H.-E. Schuster at the European Southern Observatory.