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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Schelte J. Bus |
| Discovery site | Siding Spring Observatory |
| Discovery date | March 6, 1981 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 4564 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1981 ET16 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.0786826 |
| Peri | 2.0539722 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1996453 |
| Orbital period | 1501.6423588 |
| Mean anomaly | 131.84066 |
| Inclination | 13.28718 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 194.23552 |
| Argument of peri | 94.71917 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.3 |
4564 Clayton (1981 ET16) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 6, 1981 by Schelte J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
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