10427 Klinkenberg
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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 10427 |
| Alternative names[1] | 2017 P-L |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.7210857 |
| Peri | 1.7457353 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2183545 |
| Orbital period | 1219.1334873 |
| Mean anomaly | 131.80237 |
| Inclination | 2.25210 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 262.52217 |
| Argument of peri | 55.58770 |
| Absolute magnitude | 14.6 |
10427 Klinkenberg (2017 P-L) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by husband and wife team Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld from plates taken at Palomar by Tom Gehrels. It is named after Dirk Klinkenberg, an eighteenth century Dutch mathematician and astronomer.

