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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 | 5697 |
| Named after | Svante Arrhenius |
| Alternate name(s) | 6766 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.3453724 |
| Peri | 2.9451334 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0636259 |
| Orbital period | 2037.4256990 |
| Mean anomaly | 257.77820 |
| Inclination | 13.69706 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 170.73264 |
| Argument of peri | 116.99899 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0774 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.0 |
5697 Arrhenius (6766 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.
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