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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | A. Kopff |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | September 12, 1906 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 1780 |
| Named after | Otto Kippes |
| Alternate name(s) | A906 RA |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.1667537 |
| Peri | 2.8685201 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0494151 |
| Orbital period | 1914.6918615 |
| Mean anomaly | 234.27391 |
| Inclination | 8.97752 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 291.41188 |
| Argument of peri | 334.28008 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.1212 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.68 |
1780 Kippes (A906 RA) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 12, 1906 by A. Kopff at Heidelberg. It was named after German amateur astronomer Otto Kippes, acknowledged for his work in asteroid orbit calculations.[1]
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