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Discovery[1] and designation
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| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels | |||||||||
| Discovery date | October 17, 1960 | |||||||||
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Designations
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| Named after | Astronomical Netherlands Satellite | |||||||||
| Alternate name(s) | 9070 P-L, 1974 SH2, 1996 GP17 | |||||||||
| Epoch October 27, 2007 | ||||||||||
| Ap | 3.4520624 AU | |||||||||
| Peri | 2.142778 AU | |||||||||
| Semi-major axis | 2.7974202 AU | |||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.2340164 | |||||||||
| Orbital period | 1708.9721942 d | |||||||||
| Mean anomaly | 13.08807° | |||||||||
| Inclination | 7.65987° | |||||||||
| Longitude of ascending node | 209.42007° | |||||||||
| Argument of peri | 166.62719° | |||||||||
| Surface temp. Kelvin Celsius |
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| Spectral type | C-type asteroid[2] | |||||||||
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.0 | |||||||||
9996 ANS is a C-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.68 years.[3]
Discovered on October 17, 1960 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on archived photographic plates made by T. Gehrels, it was given the provisional designation 9070 P-L. It was later renamed in honour of the Astronomical Netherlands Satellite, an X-ray and gamma ray telescope located in space.
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