9705 Drummen
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on plates taken by T. Gehrels. |
| Discovery site | Palomar Schmidt |
| Discovery date | , |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 9705 |
| 3137 T-3 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.4454201 |
| Perihelion | 2.6569677 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1292039 |
| 1946.7184249 | |
| 263.22250 | |
| Inclination | 10.71140 |
| 24.73305 | |
| 11.54001 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.5 | |
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9705 Drummen (3137 T-3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1977 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels.
It is named after Mat Drummen (1945-), former manager of 'Stichting de Koepel' in Utrecht (a Dutch institute for the popularisation of astronomy) and author of the 'Sterrengids', a Dutch astronomy year book.
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