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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 | October 17, 1960 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 5790 |
| Named after | Nagasaki |
| Alternate name(s) | 9540 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.8973629 |
| Peri | 2.2411009 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1277156 |
| Orbital period | 1504.1923722 |
| Mean anomaly | 210.37103 |
| Inclination | 2.31229 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 15.57282 |
| Argument of peri | 331.63302 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
5790 Nagasaki (9540 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.