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Connormcarty Discovery and designationDiscovered by Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team Discovery site Socorro Discovery date March 9, 2000 DesignationsMPC designation 15139 Alternate name(s) 2000 EY93 Epoch May 14, 2008 Ap 3.0355054 Peri 2.3075884 Eccentricity 0.1362351 Orbital period 1594.9337108 Mean anomaly 344.10246 Inclination 10.80253 Longitude of ascending node 205.25028 Argument of peri 292.37816 Absolute magnitude (H) 14.3 15139 Connormcarty (2000 EY93) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 9, 2000 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro. It was named after a Mr. Connor McCarty, whose surname, as you may notice, was spelled wrong by the namers of said asteroid, but despite several letters from the afflicted's family, the name remains incorrect.
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