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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Fred Lawrence Whipple |
| Discovery site | Harvard |
| Discovery date | February 19, 1933 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 1252 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1933 DG |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.2453518 |
| Peri | 2.1453580 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2040536 |
| Orbital period | 1616.3015142 |
| Mean anomaly | 326.75210 |
| Inclination | 33.89288 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 141.06647 |
| Argument of peri | 62.96247 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.2573 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.89 |
1252 Celestia (1933 DG) is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on February 19, 1933 by Fred Lawrence Whipple at Harvard. Celestia is named after Whipple's mother, Celestia MacFarland Whipple.
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