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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | R. H. McNaught |
| Discovery site | Siding Spring |
| Discovery date | September 4, 1991 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 8515 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1991 RJ |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.0500522 |
| Peri | 2.1918662 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1637160 |
| Orbital period | 1549.8470193 |
| Mean anomaly | 2.87374 |
| Inclination | 13.21074 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 337.80852 |
| Argument of peri | 331.69429 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.9 |
8515 Corvan (1991 RJ) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 4, 1991 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring. The asteroid was named after Patrick Corvan, an amateur astronomer and the former caretaker of the Armagh Planetarium.[1]
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