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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen, Leif Hansen and Per Rex Christensen |
| Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
| Discovery date | September 16, 1985 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 4444 |
| Named after | M. C. Escher |
| Alternate name(s) | 1985 SA |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.6386554 |
| Peri | 2.0092844 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1354086 |
| Orbital period | 1294.0295346 |
| Mean anomaly | 175.01689 |
| Inclination | 7.39705 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 121.34519 |
| Argument of peri | 181.81013 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.0 |
4444 Escher (1985 SA) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1985 by H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen, Leif Hansen and Per Rex Christensen at the European Southern Observatory.
It was named after the artist M. C. Escher.
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