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 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 3226 |
Alternate name(s) | 6565 P-L |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Ap | 3.089108953131304 |
Peri | 2.665649051101947 |
Eccentricity | .07358431088116246 |
Orbital period | 1782.764723336339 |
Mean anomaly | 245.7993474357528 |
Inclination | 3.062241841231125 |
Longitude of ascending node | 98.99012503840127 |
Argument of peri | 301.1778098594731 |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
3226 Plinius (6565 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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