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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | P. Sicoli and P. Ghezzi |
| Discovery site | Sormano |
| Discovery date | October 4, 1994 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 11970 |
| Named after | Johann Georg Palitzsch |
| Alternate name(s) | 1994 TD |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.1746091 |
| Peri | 2.8983205 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0454951 |
| Orbital period | 1932.6392546 |
| Mean anomaly | 162.52584 |
| Inclination | 4.16015 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 179.28448 |
| Argument of peri | 253.02662 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
11970 Palitzsch (1994 TD) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 4, 1994 by P. Sicoli and P. Ghezzi at Sormano.