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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 | 5451 |
| Named after | Plato |
| Alternate name(s) | 4598 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.8969368 |
| Peri | 2.1687450 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1437500 |
| Orbital period | 1472.3474138 |
| Mean anomaly | 20.34795 |
| Inclination | 1.75998 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 10.92880 |
| Argument of peri | 254.85192 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
5451 Plato (4598 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.