2987 Sarabhai
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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 24, 1960 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2987 |
| Named after | Vikram Sarabhai |
| Alternative names | 4583 P-L |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.0703491 |
| Perihelion | 2.7115727 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0620514 |
| Orbital period | 1795.4022442 |
| Mean anomaly | 122.98751 |
| Inclination | 1.01308 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 167.56053 |
| Argument of perihelion | 334.71299 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0791 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.10 |
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2987 Sarabhai (4583 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.
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