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Discovery and designation
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| Discovery site | Oak Ridge Observatory |
| Discovery date | 13 March 1991 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 7940 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1991 EO1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.8693125 |
| Peri | 2.4027047 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0885065 |
| Orbital period | 1563.2147772 |
| Mean anomaly | 145.33332 |
| Inclination | 3.72408 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 117.54509 |
| Argument of peri | 278.89239 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
7940 Erichmeyer (1991 EO1) is a main-belt asteroid named after the Austrian amateur astronomer and astrometricist Erich Meyer.