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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 | 5789 |
| Alternate name(s) | 4018 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.1829829 |
| Peri | 1.9521505 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2396885 |
| Orbital period | 1502.7302103 |
| Mean anomaly | 168.07138 |
| Inclination | 5.06809 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 353.52851 |
| Argument of peri | 74.05718 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.6 |
5789 Sellin (4018 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.