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Comello Discovery and designationDiscovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels Discovery site Palomar Observatory Discovery date September 29, 1973 DesignationsMPC designation 5791 Alternate name(s) 4053 T-2 Epoch May 14, 2008 Ap 2.9512570 Peri 2.8219268 Eccentricity 0.0224019 Orbital period 1791.3337958 Mean anomaly 293.37775 Inclination 2.82548 Longitude of ascending node 139.90337 Argument of peri 314.40521 Absolute magnitude (H) 12.7 5791 Comello (4053 T-2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
Named after Georg Comello, Dutch amateur astronomer.
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