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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | N. S. Chernykh |
| Discovery site | Nauchnyj |
| Discovery date | March 9, 1977 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 5990 |
| Named after | Panticapaeum |
| Alternate name(s) | 1977 EO |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.4575489 |
| Peri | 2.0294255 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0954147 |
| Orbital period | 1227.3935419 |
| Mean anomaly | 52.64586 |
| Inclination | 7.01858 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 344.55951 |
| Argument of peri | 225.13865 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.6 |
5990 Panticapaeon (1977 EO) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 9, 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.