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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 25, 1971 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 7211 |
| Named after | Xerxes I |
| Alternate name(s) | 1240 T-1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.2570450 |
| Peri | 2.3403468 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1637724 |
| Orbital period | 1710.1412277 |
| Mean anomaly | 184.09890 |
| Inclination | 9.12230 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 1.82605 |
| Argument of peri | 340.43260 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.3 |
7211 Xerxes (1240 T-1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 25, 1971 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
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