3092 Herodotus
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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 | 3092 |
| Named after | Herodotus |
| Alternative names | 6550 P-L |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.9642889 |
| Perihelion | 3.1016507 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1220840 |
| Orbital period | 2425.5393119 |
| Mean anomaly | 44.37339 |
| Inclination | 10.93966 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 8.63856 |
| Argument of perihelion | 2.42704 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0572 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.00 |
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3092 Herodotus (6550 P-L) is an outer 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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