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
Alternate name(s)	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.

References

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 3226 Plinius

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