9913 Humperdinck

Infobox Planet
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name = 9913 Humperdinck
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caption = Orbit of 9913 Humperdinck (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (blue). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
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discoverer = C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels
discovered = October 16, 1977
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mp_name = 9913 Humperdinck
alt_names = 4071 T-3, mp|1982 BA|7, mp|1984 UU|1
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epoch = October 27, 2007
aphelion = 2.6193098 AU
perihelion = 1.9580218 AU
semimajor = 2.2886658 AU
eccentricity = 0.1444702
period = 1264.6547579 d
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inclination = 4.97675°
asc_node = 62.62909°
mean_anomaly = 197.27818°
arg_peri = 18.41363°
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abs_magnitude = 14.7

9913 Humperdinck is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.46 years. [cite web|url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9913 | title = 9913 Humperdinck (4071 T-3) | work = JPL Small-Body Database Browser | publisher = NASA/JPL | accessdate = 2008-02-04] It is associated with the Flora family of asteroids. [cite web|url = http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/family.html|author = Zappala, V., Ph. Bendjoya, A. Cellino, P. Farinella, and C. Froeschle|title = Asteroid Dynamical Families.|work = EAR-A-5-DDR-FAMILY-V4.1|publisher = NASA Planetary Data System|date = 1997]

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. [MPC 34356 "Minor Planet Center"]

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