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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 19, 1973 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 5928 |
| Named after | Pindar |
| Alternate name(s) | 1973 SK1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 4.4771625 |
| Peri | 3.4839585 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1247568 |
| Orbital period | 2900.7797941 |
| Mean anomaly | 211.34603 |
| Inclination | 9.27171 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 164.41743 |
| Argument of peri | 108.80592 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.4 |
5928 Pindarus (1973 SK1) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.