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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Endate and Watanabe |
| Discovery site | Kitami |
| Discovery date | January 11, 1988 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 5059 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1988 AF |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.9406312 |
| Peri | 2.2456362 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1340068 |
| Orbital period | 1525.2315884 |
| Mean anomaly | 334.51939 |
| Inclination | 12.63532 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 295.42477 |
| Argument of peri | 158.12346 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.2 |
5059 Saroma (1988 AF) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 11, 1988 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami.