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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 | September 29, 1973 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 8970 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1355 T-2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.4603531 |
| Peri | 2.7178643 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1201785 |
| Orbital period | 1983.1164079 |
| Mean anomaly | 353.55561 |
| Inclination | 0.31160 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 67.69232 |
| Argument of peri | 88.18337 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.8 |
8970 Islandica (1355 T-2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.