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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 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 5009 |
| Alternate name(s) | 2562 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.6673682 |
| Peri | 1.9505092 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1552356 |
| Orbital period | 1281.4953285 |
| Mean anomaly | 34.89581 |
| Inclination | 1.48169 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 44.21135 |
| Argument of peri | 140.65742 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.6 |
5009 Sethos (2562 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.