8257 Andycheng
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory |
| Discovery date | April 28, 1982 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 8257 |
| Alternative names | 1982 HO1 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.5989145 |
| Perihelion | 1.8204817 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1761401 |
| Orbital period | 1199.7696042 |
| Mean anomaly | 306.14519 |
| Inclination | 6.77047 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 61.78128 |
| Argument of perihelion | 193.13634 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
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8257 Andycheng (1982 HO1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 28, 1982 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. It was named in honor of Andrew F. Cheng (b. 1951), Chief Scientist at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University.
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