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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Marguerite Laugier |
| Discovery site | Nice |
| Discovery date | April 23, 1936 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 1651 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1936 HD |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.3251786 |
| Peri | 2.0333204 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0669630 |
| Orbital period | 1175.0567952 |
| Mean anomaly | 186.50858 |
| Inclination | 5.07481 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 187.56125 |
| Argument of peri | 339.24952 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.1 |
1651 Behrens (1936 HD) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 23, 1936 by Marguerite Laugier at Nice.
According to a proposal by Otto Kippes, who verified the discovery, it was named after German astronomer Johann Gerhard Behrens (1889-1978).
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