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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 29, 1973 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 5151 |
| Alternate name(s) | 2160 T-2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.8349598 |
| Peri | 2.5475438 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2017102 |
| Orbital period | 2082.2843585 |
| Mean anomaly | 334.72285 |
| Inclination | 0.95264 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 47.75244 |
| Argument of peri | 8.20987 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.6 |
5151 Weerstra (2160 T-2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.