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Discovery
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| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Leiden on Palomar Observatory Schmidt plates |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 1964 |
| Named after | Willem Jacob Luyten |
| Alternate name(s) | 2007 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.9463684 |
| Peri | 1.9848404 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1949883 |
| Orbital period | 1414.1111322 |
| Mean anomaly | 83.30615 |
| Inclination | 2.38243 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 238.70243 |
| Argument of peri | 163.51703 |
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Physical characteristics
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.2 |
1964 Luyten (2007 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld at Leiden, on Palomar Observatory Schmidt plates taken by Tom Gehrels.
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