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 24, 1960 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 7686 |
Alternate name(s) | 2024 P-L |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Ap | 2.4593234 |
Peri | 2.0720972 |
Eccentricity | 0.0854536 |
Orbital period | 1245.6757319 |
Mean anomaly | 170.83339 |
Inclination | 4.71039 |
Longitude of ascending node | 354.93395 |
Argument of peri | 191.65949 |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
7686 Wolfernst (2024 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.