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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Y. Shimizu and T. Urata |
| Discovery site | Nachi-Katsuura Observatory |
| Discovery date | March 6, 1994 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 7259 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1994 EG1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.9513160 |
| Peri | 2.3491354 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1136093 |
| Orbital period | 1575.8784833 |
| Mean anomaly | 118.88444 |
| Inclination | 13.71730 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 166.46299 |
| Argument of peri | 332.03859 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.0 |
7259 Gaithersburg (1994 EG1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 6, 1994 by Y. Shimizu and T. Urata at the Nachi-Katsuura Observatory.