Discovered by Karl W. Kamper MPC designation 2104 Observation arc 60.90 yr (22244 days) Inclination 18.37807° Discoverer Karl W. Kamper Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 15 August 1963 Alternative names 1963 PD Discovered 15 August 1963 Orbits Sun Named after University of Toronto | |
Aphelion 3.5700963 AU (534.07880 Gm) Discovery site Karl Schwarzschild Observatory | ||
2104 Toronto (1963 PD) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 15, 1963 by Karl W. Kamper at the David Dunlap Observatory on plates taken at the Tautenburg Observatory by Sidney van den Bergh. It was the first minor planet to be discovered at an observatory in Canada and named after the University of Toronto which was celebrating its sesquicentennial at the time of its discovery and to note the important role that university had in developing Canadian astronomy.
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