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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 | 5838 |
| Named after | Knut Hamsun |
| Alternate name(s) | 2170 T-2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.8957084 |
| Peri | 2.2043834 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1355515 |
| Orbital period | 1487.3747909 |
| Mean anomaly | 287.27176 |
| Inclination | 14.35202 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 186.57799 |
| Argument of peri | 59.86033 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.1 |
5838 Hamsun (2170 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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