78578 Donpettit
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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | R. Matson |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | September 14, 2002 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 78578 |
| Alternative names[1] | 2002 RM233 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.6713831 |
| Peri | 2.4841397 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0363190 |
| Orbital period | 1511.6891362 |
| Mean anomaly | 202.41951 |
| Inclination | 3.04333 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 178.49193 |
| Argument of peri | 92.16349 |
| Absolute magnitude | 16.6 |
78578 Donpettit (2002 RM233) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 14, 2002 by R. Matson on NEAT images taken at Palomar.

