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Nellysachs Discovery and designationDiscovered by F. Borngen and L. D. Schmadel Discovery site Tautenburg Discovery date September 21, 1992 DesignationsMPC designation 18396 Named after Nelly Sachs Alternate name(s) 1992 SN2 Epoch May 14, 2008 Ap 2.8337002 Peri 1.9467450 Eccentricity 0.1855382 Orbital period 1349.7580896 Mean anomaly 37.91250 Inclination 2.97360 Longitude of ascending node 126.56537 Argument of peri 298.42902 Absolute magnitude (H) 14.7 18396 Nellysachs (1992 SN2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 21, 1992 by F. Borngen and L. D. Schmadel at Tautenburg.
The asteroid was named after Nelly Sachs (1891–1970) lyric poet and dramatist.
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