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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | S. J. Bus |
| Discovery site | Siding Spring Observatory |
| Discovery date | March 2, 1981 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 6227 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1981 EQ42 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.7457778 |
| Peri | 2.7070328 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1609756 |
| Orbital period | 2116.7852782 |
| Mean anomaly | 180.47020 |
| Inclination | 0.50429 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 203.23063 |
| Argument of peri | 73.85870 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.1 |
6227 Alanrubin (1981 EQ42) is an outer main belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
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