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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
| Discovery site | Caussols |
| Discovery date | August 8, 1992 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 7296 |
| Named after | Jean-Baptiste Lamarck |
| Alternate name(s) | 1992 PW1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.4249923 |
| Peri | 2.1963561 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0494739 |
| Orbital period | 1282.9404768 |
| Mean anomaly | 34.91180 |
| Inclination | 1.56044 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 171.24623 |
| Argument of peri | 292.59390 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
7296 Lamarck (1992 PW1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 8, 1992 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.