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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | L. G. Karachkina |
| Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Observatory |
| Discovery date | December 17, 1984 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 8816 |
| Named after | George Gamow |
| Alternate name(s) | 1984 YN1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.9213548 |
| Peri | 1.9928808 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1889356 |
| Orbital period | 1406.8162435 |
| Mean anomaly | 65.68279 |
| Inclination | 3.10871 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 26.30485 |
| Argument of peri | 359.58806 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
8816 Gamow (1984 YN1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 17, 1984 by Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. It was named after Russian-Ukrainian scientist George Gamow.
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