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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | P. G. Comba |
| Discovery site | Prescott |
| Discovery date | December 3, 1997 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 26993 |
| Named after | John Edensor Littlewood |
| Alternate name(s) | 1997 XC1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.2095166 |
| Peri | 2.7472612 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0776016 |
| Orbital period | 1877.4592761 |
| Mean anomaly | 8.25046 |
| Inclination | 2.28303 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 121.66916 |
| Argument of peri | 296.76943 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.3 |
26993 Littlewood (1997 XC1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 3, 1997 by P. G. Comba at Prescott.