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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 | 5450 |
| Named after | Socrates |
| Alternate name(s) | 2780 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.1588578 |
| Peri | 2.4664128 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1230954 |
| Orbital period | 1722.9336928 |
| Mean anomaly | 313.60687 |
| Inclination | 5.22850 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 145.30228 |
| Argument of peri | 319.87285 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.0 |
5450 Sokrates (2780 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.