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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | P. Wild |
| Discovery site | Zimmerwald |
| Discovery date | October 27, 1978 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 2970 |
| Named after | Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi |
| Alternate name(s) | 1978 UC |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.0406713 |
| Peri | 2.2359877 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1524987 |
| Orbital period | 1565.2797303 |
| Mean anomaly | 294.30110 |
| Inclination | 12.07903 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 342.67288 |
| Argument of peri | 77.10123 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.5 |
2970 Pestalozzi (1978 UC) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 27, 1978 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald. This Asteroid is named after the Swiss pedagogue Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi.
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