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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | September 13, 1982 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 3199 |
| Named after | Nefertiti |
| Alternate name(s) | 1982 RA |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.021196194723918 |
| Peri | 1.127651090815613 |
| Eccentricity | .2837689550750008 |
| Orbital period | 721.5739251676226 |
| Mean anomaly | 325.6857225570005 |
| Inclination | 32.96910057227523 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 340.0453030414031 |
| Argument of peri | 53.36599166787657 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.42 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
3199 Nefertiti (1982 RA) is a near-Earth Amor asteroid discovered on September 13, 1982 by husband and wife team Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar. It was named after the Egyptian queen Nefertiti, mother-in-law of Tutankhamun.
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