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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 | 1871 |
| Named after | Astyanax |
| Alternate name(s) | 1971 FF |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 5.4637447 |
| Peri | 5.0986625 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0345643 |
| Orbital period | 4433.0007351 |
| Mean anomaly | 252.21346 |
| Inclination | 8.58980 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 145.76545 |
| Argument of peri | 162.99695 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.0 |
1871 Astyanax (1971 FF) 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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