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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | F. Borngen |
| Discovery site | Tautenburg |
| Discovery date | April 3, 1994 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 10839 |
| Named after | Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland |
| Alternate name(s) | 1994 GY9 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.2717575 |
| Peri | 2.1237069 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2127807 |
| Orbital period | 1618.4402929 |
| Mean anomaly | 144.33792 |
| Inclination | 10.42814 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 173.57105 |
| Argument of peri | 262.60651 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.3 |
10839 Hufeland (1994 GY9) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 3, 1994 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg. It was named for German physician Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland.[1]