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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | T. Kobayashi |
| Discovery site | Oizumi |
| Discovery date | November 15, 1996 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 7538 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1996 VE6 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.8025904 |
| Peri | 1.9253352 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1855476 |
| Orbital period | 1327.5759315 |
| Mean anomaly | 90.74217 |
| Inclination | 2.51689 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 184.39419 |
| Argument of peri | 199.14460 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
7538 Zenbei (1996 VE6) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 15, 1996 by amateur astronomer Takao Kobayashi at Oizumi, Gunma, Japan.
It was named after Zenbei Iwahashi, a Japanese optician in 18th century.
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