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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groenveld T. Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 4065 |
| Alternate name(s) | 2820 P-L, 1976 JF6, 1986 GQ1 |
| Epoch July 11, 2009 | |
| Ap | 2.4413 |
| Peri | 2.0927 |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26703 |
| Eccentricity | 0.076883 |
| Orbital period | 1,246.76 |
| Average orbital speed | 19,78 |
| Mean anomaly | ? |
| Inclination | 5.168 |
| Longitude of ascending node | ? |
| Argument of peri | ? |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.834 |
(4065) Meinel is an S-type asteroid of the Flora family native to the Main Belt. It was discovered on September 24, 1960 at Palomar Observatory by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels.[1][2] The first one to sight Meinel was Rainbow Observatory near Coonabarabran on August 14, 1953.[3][4]
The asteroid is named in honour of the American physicist and astronomer Aden Meinel.
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