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, 1973 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 5493 |
Alternate name(s) | 1617 T-2 |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Ap | 2.6974932 |
Peri | 2.0221438 |
Eccentricity | 0.1430935 |
Orbital period | 1324.0864043 |
Mean anomaly | 315.14819 |
Inclination | 3.84657 |
Longitude of ascending node | 356.20525 |
Argument of peri | 234.38674 |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
5493 Spitzweg (1617 T-2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
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