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Discovery[1]
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| Discovered by | Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Merle Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | January 1, 1992 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 8373 |
| Named after | Stephen Jay Gould |
| Alternate name(s) | 1992 AB |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Ap | 5.1004 |
| Peri | 1.4662 |
| Semi-major axis | 3.28332 |
| Eccentricity | 0.553433 |
| Orbital period | 2173.05 |
| Mean anomaly | 286.98 |
| Inclination | 40.77 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 88.879 |
| Argument of peri | 55.533 |
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Physical characteristics
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.8 |
8373 Stephengould (1992 AB) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on January 1, 1992 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Merle Shoemaker at Palomar.[1] It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.[3] The asteroid was named after the Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould.
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