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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 | 3091 |
| Named after | Ed van den Heuvel |
| Alternate name(s) | 6081 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.7381717 |
| Peri | 1.9625071 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1650112 |
| Orbital period | 1316.1163862 |
| Mean anomaly | 189.31094 |
| Inclination | 2.00630 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 228.75485 |
| Argument of peri | 9.30000 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9 |
3091 van den Heuvel (6081 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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