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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
| Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
| Discovery date | April 18, 1996 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 11334 |
| Named after | Rio de Janeiro |
| Alternate name(s) | 1996 HM18 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.9935717 |
| Peri | 2.1648189 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1606611 |
| Orbital period | 1512.9506686 |
| Mean anomaly | 243.07474 |
| Inclination | 15.55937 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 44.76112 |
| Argument of peri | 278.89248 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.8 |
11334 Rio de Janeiro (1996 HM18) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1996 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory.