9913 Humperdinck
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| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels | ||||||||||||
| Discovery date | October 16, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| Designations | |||||||||||||
| MPC designation | 9913 Humperdinck | ||||||||||||
Named after | Engelbert Humperdinck | ||||||||||||
| 4071 T-3, 1982 BA7, 1984 UU1 | |||||||||||||
| Orbital characteristics | |||||||||||||
| Epoch October 27, 2007 | |||||||||||||
| Aphelion | 2.6193098 AU | ||||||||||||
| Perihelion | 1.9580218 AU | ||||||||||||
| 2.2886658 AU | |||||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.1444702 | ||||||||||||
| 1264.6547579 d | |||||||||||||
| 197.27818° | |||||||||||||
| Inclination | 4.97675° | ||||||||||||
| 62.62909° | |||||||||||||
| 18.41363° | |||||||||||||
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| 14.7 | |||||||||||||
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9913 Humperdinck is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.46 years.[1] It is associated with the Flora family of asteroids.[2]
Discovered on October 16, 1977 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on archived photographic plates made by Tom Gehrels with the Samuel Oschin telescope at the Palomar Observatory, it was given the provisional designation "4071 T-3". It was later renamed "Humperdinck" after musical teacher Engelbert Humperdinck.[3]
References
- ↑ "9913 Humperdinck (4071 T-3)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. NASA/JPL. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ↑ Zappala, V., Ph. Bendjoya, A. Cellino, P. Farinella, and C. Froeschle (1997). "Asteroid Dynamical Families.". EAR-A-5-DDR-FAMILY-V4.1. NASA Planetary Data System.
- ↑ MPC 34356 Minor Planet Center
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