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6615 Plutarchos

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Discovery date
  
17 October 1960

Alternative names
  
9512 P-L; 1991 EW

Observation arc
  
20242 days (55.42 yr)

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Palomar Observatory

MPC designation
  
6615 Plutarchos

Minor planet category
  
main-belt

Discovered
  
17 October 1960

Named after
  
Plutarch

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovered by
  
C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels

Discoverers
  
Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld

People also search for
  
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6615 Plutarchos (9512 P-L) is a main-belt binary asteroid discovered on October 17, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. A moon was discovered from light curve observations

References

6615 Plutarchos Wikipedia