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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | March 24, 1971 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 1870 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1971 FE |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 5.4250133 |
| Peri | 5.0822211 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0326244 |
| Orbital period | 4398.3121233 |
| Mean anomaly | 280.51169 |
| Inclination | 6.57438 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 176.29197 |
| Argument of peri | 129.90584 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.5 |
1870 Glaukos (1971 FE) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on March 24, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
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