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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 16, 1977 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 6997 |
| Named after | Laomedon |
| Alternate name(s) | 3104 T-3 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 5.7068337 |
| Peri | 4.6577503 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1012181 |
| Orbital period | 4309.0472637 |
| Mean anomaly | 330.64549 |
| Inclination | 19.11170 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 195.29392 |
| Argument of peri | 57.30923 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.5 |
6997 Laomedon (3104 T-3) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 16, 1977 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
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