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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Goethe Link Observatory |
| Discovery site | Brooklyn |
| Discovery date | November 4, 1964 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 2653 |
| Named after | Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica |
| Alternate name(s) | 1964 VP |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.6373110 |
| Peri | 2.2501372 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0792180 |
| Orbital period | 1395.3292053 |
| Mean anomaly | 43.32567 |
| Inclination | 4.73707 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 194.68328 |
| Argument of peri | 315.07793 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.1 |
2653 Principia (1964 VP) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 4, 1964 by Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn. It is named after the ground-breaking Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton.
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