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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | October 17, 1960 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 8964 |
| Alternate name(s) | 7643 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.4216743 |
| Peri | 1.9645439 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1042197 |
| Orbital period | 1186.2842996 |
| Mean anomaly | 177.70803 |
| Inclination | 4.33783 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 150.54547 |
| Argument of peri | 287.38684 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.0 |
8964 Corax (7643 P-L) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on October 17, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
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