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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 | 8728 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1996 VF9 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.8895587 |
| Peri | 1.8478787 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2198826 |
| Orbital period | 1331.5842727 |
| Mean anomaly | 75.99104 |
| Inclination | 3.02203 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 113.56901 |
| Argument of peri | 270.65773 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
8728 Mimatsu (1996 VF9) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 7, 1996 by K. Endate and K. Watanabe at Kitami.