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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 | September 24, 1960 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 2054 |
| Named after | Gawain |
| Alternate name(s) | 4097 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.2689914 |
| Peri | 2.6564968 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1033661 |
| Orbital period | 1862.6858999 |
| Mean anomaly | 17.31914 |
| Inclination | 3.78693 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 293.55221 |
| Argument of peri | 185.04142 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0697 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.0 |
2054 Gawain (4097 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
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