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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 | March 25, 1971 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 6072 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1280 T-1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.2211010 |
| Peri | 3.0847958 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0216155 |
| Orbital period | 2044.9077650 |
| Mean anomaly | 122.05172 |
| Inclination | 9.13822 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 189.23230 |
| Argument of peri | 106.92465 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.0 |
6072 Hooghoudt (1280 T-1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 25, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
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