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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | AMOS |
| Discovery site | Haleakala |
| Discovery date | January 14, 1996 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 8721 |
| Named after | Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory |
| Alternate name(s) | 1996 AO3 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 4.0210012 |
| Peri | 3.7739548 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0316931 |
| Orbital period | 2810.4376218 |
| Mean anomaly | 316.29655 |
| Inclination | 5.44830 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 265.43175 |
| Argument of peri | 85.69567 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0235 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.20 |
8721 AMOS (1996 AO3) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on January 14, 1996 by AMOS at Haleakala.
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