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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1971 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 9698 |
| Alternate name(s) | 2205 T-1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.4882954 |
| Peri | 2.2458666 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0512084 |
| Orbital period | 1330.2035123 |
| Mean anomaly | 61.10847 |
| Inclination | 7.36333 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 7.72975 |
| Argument of peri | 187.36893 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
9698 Idzerda (2205 T-1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 25, 1971 by C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels at Palomar.
The asteroid is named after Hanso Schotanus à Steringa Idzerda (1885-1944), a Dutch radio pioneer and the first man to make a public broadcast. See also the information at his transmitter callsign PCGG.
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