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Discovery and designation
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| Discovery date | , |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 9688 |
| Named after | Samuel Goudsmit |
| Alternate name(s) | 4665 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.7513048 |
| Peri | 2.1117778 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1315065 |
| Orbital period | 1384.9079731 |
| Mean anomaly | 195.85500 |
| Inclination | 4.33412 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 40.46004 |
| Argument of peri | 329.18865 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
9688 Goudsmit (4665 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on , by .