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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | N. S. Chernykh |
| Discovery site | Nauchnyj |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1979 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 5859 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1979 FD2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.7950359 |
| Peri | 2.0659713 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1499822 |
| Orbital period | 1384.0214797 |
| Mean anomaly | 257.44130 |
| Inclination | 2.71429 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 142.26414 |
| Argument of peri | 29.98809 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
5859 Ostozhenka (1979 FD2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 23, 1979 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.