3226 Plinius

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      Plinius
      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 3226
      Alternative names 6565 P-L
      Orbital characteristics
      Epoch May 14, 2008
      Ap 3.089108953131304
      Peri 2.665649051101947
      Eccentricity .07358431088116246
      Orbital period 1782.764723336339
      Mean anomaly 245.7993474357528
      Inclination 3.062241841231125
      Longitude of ascending node 98.99012503840127
      Argument of peri 301.1778098594731
      Physical characteristics
      Absolute magnitude (H) 14.1

      3226 Plinius (6565 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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      Last modified on 24 March 2013, at 07:13