Discovery date 16 October 1977 Observation arc 14025 days (38.40 yr) Orbits Sun Asteroid family Flora family Asteroid group Asteroid belt | MPC designation 9913 Humperdinck Discovered 16 October 1977 Named after Engelbert Humperdinck Discovery site Palomar Observatory | |
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Discovered by C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels Alternative names 4071 T-3, 1982 BA7, 1984 UU1 Aphelion 2.6188728 AU (391.77779 Gm) Discoverers Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld | ||
9913 Humperdinck is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.46 years. It is associated with the Flora family of asteroids.
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 composer and music teacher Engelbert Humperdinck.
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