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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | K. Endate and K. Watanabe |
| Discovery site | Kitami |
| Discovery date | November 7, 1996 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 8417 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1996 VG8 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.6409995 |
| Peri | 1.7819781 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1942179 |
| Orbital period | 1201.2282559 |
| Mean anomaly | 276.21560 |
| Inclination | 5.80916 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 262.62258 |
| Argument of peri | 26.91219 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.0 |
8417 Lancetaylor (1996 VG8) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 7, 1996 by K. Endate and K. Watanabe at Kitami.