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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
| Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
| Discovery date | August 10, 1994 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 8890 |
| Named after | Michel de Montaigne |
| Alternate name(s) | 1994 PS37 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.6543003 |
| Peri | 2.6531137 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1587317 |
| Orbital period | 2045.6457436 |
| Mean anomaly | 348.61415 |
| Inclination | 0.84430 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 159.50757 |
| Argument of peri | 346.38421 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.2 |
8890 Montaigne (1994 PS37) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 10, 1994 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory.