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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
| Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
| Discovery date | August 10, 1994 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 11969 |
| Named after | Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac |
| Alternate name(s) | 1994 PC37 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.0025428 |
| Peri | 2.5620250 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0791648 |
| Orbital period | 1695.1206001 |
| Mean anomaly | 258.99844 |
| Inclination | 2.49619 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 297.25185 |
| Argument of peri | 128.09593 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
11969 Gay-Lussac (1994 PC37) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 10, 1994 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory.