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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 | 2800 |
| Named after | Ovid |
| Alternate name(s) | 4585 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.5995011 |
| Peri | 2.7071465 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1414943 |
| Orbital period | 2045.2729113 |
| Mean anomaly | 247.85169 |
| Inclination | 3.07626 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 102.73820 |
| Argument of peri | 181.02250 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.8 |
2800 Ovidius (4585 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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