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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | F. Borngen |
| Discovery site | Tautenburg |
| Discovery date | September 8, 1988 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 10740 |
| Named after | August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben |
| Alternate name(s) | 1988 RX2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.9630528 |
| Peri | 2.3666874 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1118939 |
| Orbital period | 1588.9582935 |
| Mean anomaly | 187.05444 |
| Inclination | 0.40781 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 135.65925 |
| Argument of peri | 236.11230 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.5 |
10740 Fallersleben (1988 RX2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 8, 1988 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.