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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
| Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
| Discovery date | October 7, 1989 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 11870 |
| Named after | Sweden |
| Alternate name(s) | 1989 TC3 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.6347682 |
| Peri | 2.4597878 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1927918 |
| Orbital period | 1942.9720434 |
| Mean anomaly | 111.76593 |
| Inclination | 7.79394 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 168.92571 |
| Argument of peri | 301.28348 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.4 |
11870 Sverige (1989 TC3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 7, 1989 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory. The asteroid was named after Sverige (Sweden), a country in Northern Europe.