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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 | October 17, 1960 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 6615 |
| Named after | Plutarch |
| Alternate name(s) | 9512 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.4456342 |
| Peri | 1.8931088 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1273469 |
| Orbital period | 1167.0764618 |
| Mean anomaly | 105.15023 |
| Inclination | 1.79625 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 129.41713 |
| Argument of peri | 80.86074 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
6615 Plutarchos (9512 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.