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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 26, 1960 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 7720 |
| Alternate name(s) | 4559 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.7612486 |
| Peri | 2.7314468 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1586093 |
| Orbital period | 2136.4413332 |
| Mean anomaly | 49.05104 |
| Inclination | 0.60049 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 175.14005 |
| Argument of peri | 187.44859 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
7720 Lepaute (4559 P-L) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 26, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.