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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | August 15, 1988 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 7173 |
| Named after | Jack Sepkoski |
| Alternate name(s) | 1988 PL1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 1.9818535 |
| Peri | 1.9306575 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0130852 |
| Orbital period | 999.3941451 |
| Mean anomaly | 64.67668 |
| Inclination | 19.58310 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 247.14316 |
| Argument of peri | 94.41347 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
7173 Sepkoski (1988 PL1) is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on August 15, 1988 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar.