2986 Mrinalini

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Mrinalini
Discovery and designation
Discovered by	Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels
Discovery site	Palomar Observatory
Discovery date	September 24, 1960
Designations
MPC designation	2986
Named after	Mrinalini Sarabhai
Alternative names	2525 P-L
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion	3.6700185
Perihelion	2.6809459
Eccentricity	0.1557358
Orbital period	2066.8689519
Mean anomaly	141.47700
Inclination	2.54224
Longitude of ascending node	51.41316
Argument of perihelion	304.17242
Physical characteristics
Geometric albedo	0.0729
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.90

2986 Mrinalini (2525 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.

References

Byproduct Targets During Photometric Observations from Modra, Galad, Adrian, The Minor Planet Bulletin (ISSN 1052-8091). Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, Vol. 36, No. 4, p. 183-186 (2009)

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