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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 | 8971 |
| Alternate name(s) | 2256 T-2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.5616107 |
| Peri | 2.6394729 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1487059 |
| Orbital period | 1994.1361319 |
| Mean anomaly | 40.81183 |
| Inclination | 0.75878 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 136.36937 |
| Argument of peri | 328.41000 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.4 |
8971 Leucocephala (2256 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.