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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Flagstaff (AM) |
| Discovery date | September 15, 1982 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 2815 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1982 RL |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.6103430 |
| Peri | 1.8549884 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1691598 |
| Orbital period | 1218.5236719 |
| Mean anomaly | 244.19786 |
| Inclination | 5.70278 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 119.91438 |
| Argument of peri | 237.61040 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.2 |
2815 Soma (1982 RL) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 15, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM).
Named for the Soma cube, a three-dimensional mathematical game invented by the Danish writer Piet Hein and popularized in articles by Martin Gardner. Name proposed by the discoverer, following a suggestion by J. Meeus.
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