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Drummen Discovery and designationDiscovered by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on plates taken by T. Gehrels. Discovery site Palomar Schmidt Discovery date , DesignationsMPC designation 9705 Alternate name(s) 3137 T-3 Epoch May 14, 2008 Ap 3.4454201 Peri 2.6569677 Eccentricity 0.1292039 Orbital period 1946.7184249 Mean anomaly 263.22250 Inclination 10.71140 Longitude of ascending node 24.73305 Argument of peri 11.54001 Absolute magnitude (H) 13.5 9705 Drummen (3137 T-3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1977 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels.
It is named after Mat Drummen (1945-), former manager of 'Stichting de Koepel' in Utrecht (a Dutch institute for the popularisation of astronomy) and author of the 'Sterrengids', a Dutch astronomy year book.
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