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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 26, 1971 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 6257 |
| Named after | Bertel Thorvaldsen |
| Alternate name(s) | 4098 T-1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.5498564 |
| Peri | 2.1328304 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0890570 |
| Orbital period | 1308.5674345 |
| Mean anomaly | 257.04542 |
| Inclination | 7.91857 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 30.58183 |
| Argument of peri | 22.08997 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.5 |
6257 Thorvaldsen (4098 T-1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 26, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is named after the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.[1]
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