Discovery date 17 October 1960 Discovered 17 October 1960 Spectral type C-type asteroid Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Observation arc 20015 days (54.80 yr) Orbits Sun Discovery site Palomar Observatory | |
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Discovered by C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels Alternative names 9070 P-L, 1974 SH2, 1996 GP17 Aphelion 3.4542403 AU (516.74699 Gm) Perihelion 2.135808 AU (319.5123 Gm) Named after Astronomical Netherlands Satellite Discoverers Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld | ||
9996 ANS is a C-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.68 years.
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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