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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Goethe Link Observatory |
| Discovery site | Brooklyn |
| Discovery date | October 8, 1953 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 2496 |
| Named after | Fernandus Payne |
| Alternate name(s) | 1953 TC1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.2438157 |
| Peri | 2.0966777 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0338989 |
| Orbital period | 1167.7828183 |
| Mean anomaly | 309.39624 |
| Inclination | 0.91612 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 163.29671 |
| Argument of peri | 292.94452 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.5 |
2496 Fernandus (1953 TC1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1953 by Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn.
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