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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 | 2798 |
| Named after | Virgil |
| Alternate name(s) | 2009 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.5605049 |
| Peri | 2.2755437 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0589244 |
| Orbital period | 1373.3758876 |
| Mean anomaly | 219.84725 |
| Inclination | 5.32564 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 219.68831 |
| Argument of peri | 173.30994 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.1 |
2798 Vergilius (2009 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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