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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 | 2247 |
| Named after | Hiroshima |
| Alternate name(s) | 6512 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.7194586 |
| Peri | 2.1776322 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1106425 |
| Orbital period | 1399.4605935 |
| Mean anomaly | 125.02132 |
| Inclination | 5.94038 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 7.44760 |
| Argument of peri | 29.58922 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
2247 Hiroshima (6512 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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