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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 | September 29, 1973 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 7212 |
| Named after | Artaxerxes II |
| Alternate name(s) | 2155 T-2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.5612376 |
| Peri | 2.0434724 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1124425 |
| Orbital period | 1276.0181881 |
| Mean anomaly | 65.49195 |
| Inclination | 4.06885 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 184.22747 |
| Argument of peri | 72.42451 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.3 |
7212 Artaxerxes (2155 T-2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
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