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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 | 7971 |
| Alternate name(s) | 9002 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.8483780 |
| Peri | 2.3012776 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1062402 |
| Orbital period | 1509.1092981 |
| Mean anomaly | 330.67009 |
| Inclination | 13.98623 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 199.68288 |
| Argument of peri | 10.66914 |
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Physical characteristics
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
7971 Meckbach (9002 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. The asteroid was named in honor of the German physician Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Meckbach at the "Centro Atómico Bariloche" (Argentina).