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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 | March 26, 1971 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 5492 |
| Alternate name(s) | 3227 T-1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.1678230 |
| Peri | 2.3946874 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1389904 |
| Orbital period | 1694.1804713 |
| Mean anomaly | 160.03324 |
| Inclination | 17.61367 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 191.33996 |
| Argument of peri | 192.04759 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.4 |
5492 Thoma (3227 T-1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 26, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
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