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Designations
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| MPC designation | 9680 |
| Named after | Mario J. Molina |
| Alternate name(s) | 3557 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.5174029 |
| Peri | 2.0240347 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1086370 |
| Orbital period | 1249.8084929 |
| Mean anomaly | 250.39035 |
| Inclination | 4.65711 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 312.57673 |
| Argument of peri | 150.55330 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
9680 Molina (3557 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 22, 1960, by C.J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groenefeld on plates taken by T. Gehrels with the Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory.[1] It is named after Mario Molina, a Mexican-born chemist and co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
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