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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | F. Borngen and L. D. Schmadel |
| Discovery site | Tautenburg |
| Discovery date | September 12, 1991 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 46563 |
| Named after | Lorenz Oken |
| Alternate name(s) | 1991 RY3 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.6790480 |
| Peri | 2.5126472 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1883815 |
| Orbital period | 1989.6091557 |
| Mean anomaly | 60.59688 |
| Inclination | 19.51357 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 355.94764 |
| Argument of peri | 316.90457 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
46563 Oken (1991 RY3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 12, 1991 by F. Borngen and L. D. Schmadel at Tautenburg.