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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 | 8976 |
| Alternate name(s) | 4221 T-2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.5539539 |
| Peri | 2.6311333 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1492009 |
| Orbital period | 1986.4249923 |
| Mean anomaly | 57.89985 |
| Inclination | 2.09567 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 111.48059 |
| Argument of peri | 342.40268 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.1 |
8976 Leucura (4221 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.