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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 30, 1973 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 8973 |
| Named after | Collared Pratincole |
| Alternate name(s) | 3297 T-2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.7750371 |
| Peri | 2.0145895 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1587697 |
| Orbital period | 1353.6485906 |
| Mean anomaly | 264.42351 |
| Inclination | 4.42507 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 40.42222 |
| Argument of peri | 174.96536 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.7 |
8973 Pratincola (3297 T-2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1973, by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
It is named for the wading bird glareola pratincola, or collared pratincole.
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