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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | N. Chernykh |
| Discovery site | Nauchnyj |
| Discovery date | September 5, 1978 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 2859 |
| Named after | Niccolò Paganini |
| Alternate name(s) | 1978 RW1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.5038769 |
| Peri | 1.9734293 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1184747 |
| Orbital period | 1223.4286172 |
| Mean anomaly | 171.08269 |
| Inclination | 3.55448 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 165.38211 |
| Argument of peri | 341.35038 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.5 |
2859 Paganini (1978 RW1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 5, 1978 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj and named for the famous Italian musician Niccolò Paganini.
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