- 10970 de Zeeuw
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de Zeeuw Discovery and designationDiscovery date , DesignationsMPC designation 10970 Alternate name(s) 1079 T-2 Epoch May 14, 2008 Ap 3.0837658 Peri 2.3540386 Eccentricity 0.1341952 Orbital period 1637.5282911 Mean anomaly 291.57163 Inclination 1.87317 Longitude of ascending node 6.72950 Argument of peri 312.42329 Absolute magnitude (H) 13.7 10970 de Zeeuw (1079 T-2) is a main-belt asteroid. Named for Tim de Zeeuw (b. 1956) a former director of Leiden Observatory and of the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA). He has made substantial contributions to galaxy dynamics and has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Claude Bernard University of Lyon. He is presently the general director of ESO
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- NASA JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 10970 de Zeeuw
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