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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 | Leiden, from Palomar Observatory plates |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 1912 |
| Named after | Anubis |
| Alternate name(s) | 6534 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.1823469 |
| Peri | 2.6197781 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0969591 |
| Orbital period | 1804.8206760 |
| Mean anomaly | 197.77932 |
| Inclination | 3.16128 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 76.38800 |
| Argument of peri | 316.86500 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.4 |
1912 Anubis (6534 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld at Leiden from Schmidt plates taken at the Palomar Observatory by Tom Gehrels. It is named after the jackal-headed Egyptian god Anubis.[1]
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