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Discovery
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| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | October 17, 1960 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 7852 |
| Alternate name(s) | 7604 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.5500273 |
| Peri | 2.2859235 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0546126 |
| Orbital period | 1373.3341838 |
| Mean anomaly | 111.14360 |
| Inclination | 4.01082 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 84.00472 |
| Argument of peri | 55.75332 |
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Physical characteristics
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
7852 Itsukushima (7604 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.