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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 | 2462 |
| Named after | Nehalennia |
| Alternate name(s) | 6578 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.7489489 |
| Peri | 2.0719145 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1404384 |
| Orbital period | 1366.9123451 |
| Mean anomaly | 120.53174 |
| Inclination | 2.98663 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 99.81410 |
| Argument of peri | 53.81336 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
2462 Nehalennia (6578 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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