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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Noymer, A. J. |
| Discovery site | Siding Spring |
| Discovery date | August 11, 1988 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 4768 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1988 PH1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.9236337 |
| Peri | 2.4394357 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2332519 |
| Orbital period | 2072.7809829 |
| Mean anomaly | 156.89640 |
| Inclination | 20.05465 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 320.65268 |
| Argument of peri | 26.87393 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0398 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.30 |
4768 Hartley (1988 PH1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 11, 1988 by Noymer, A. J. at Siding Spring. It was named in honour of Malcolm Hartley, deputy astronomer of the U.K. Schmidt telescope at Siding Spring, with which this minor planet was discovered[1].
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