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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey |
| Discovery site | Caussols |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1998 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 15971 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1998 FA11 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.6763806 |
| Peri | 1.8180040 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1909887 |
| Orbital period | 1230.4353096 |
| Mean anomaly | 245.64813 |
| Inclination | 5.50261 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 145.36627 |
| Argument of peri | 207.19899 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.3 |
15971 Hestroffer (1998 FA11) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 25, 1998 by the OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey at Caussols.