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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | P. G. Comba |
| Discovery site | Prescott |
| Discovery date | May 27, 1998 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 16953 |
| Named after | Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch |
| Alternate name(s) | 1998 KE5 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.8082258 |
| Peri | 2.4712210 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2129176 |
| Orbital period | 2032.0552195 |
| Mean anomaly | 230.71905 |
| Inclination | 14.75971 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 176.09483 |
| Argument of peri | 183.17309 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.7 |
16953 Besicovitch (1998 KE5) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 27, 1998 by P. G. Comba at Prescott.
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