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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 | 5655 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1159 T-2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.6770433 |
| Peri | 2.4812777 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0379514 |
| Orbital period | 1512.9200218 |
| Mean anomaly | 278.21659 |
| Inclination | 14.48999 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 193.55447 |
| Argument of peri | 19.02541 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.0 |
5655 Barney (1159 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.
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