2362 Mark Twain
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2362 Mark Twain
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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | N. Chernykh |
| Discovery site | Nauchnyj |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1976 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 2362 |
| Named after | Mark Twain |
| Alternate name(s) | 1976 SH2 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.6199868 |
| Peri | 1.7706844 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1934334 |
| Orbital period | 1188.0912858 |
| Mean anomaly | 262.78715 |
| Inclination | 3.95454 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 9.14977 |
| Argument of peri | 350.53368 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
2362 Mark Twain (1976 SH2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1976 by N. Chernykh at Nauchnyj. This asteroid is named after a famous American writer and author Mark Twain.
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