9913 Humperdinck

9913 Humperdinck
	Orbit of 9913 Humperdinck (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (blue). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
Discovery
Discovered by	C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels
Discovery date	16 October 1977
Designations
MPC designation	(9913) Humperdinck
Named after	Engelbert Humperdinck
Alternative designations	4071 T-3, 1982 BA7, 1984 UU1
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	14025 days (38.40 yr)
Aphelion	2.6188728 AU (391.77779 Gm)
Perihelion	1.9558414 AU (292.58971 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.2873571 AU (342.18375 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1449339
Orbital period (sidereal)	3.46 yr (1263.6 d)
Mean anomaly	331.86335°
Mean motion	0° 17m 5.665s / day
Inclination	4.974531°
Longitude of ascending node	62.579391°
Argument of perihelion	18.512870°
Earth MOID	0.971618 AU (145.3520 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.61004 AU (390.456 Gm)
TJupiter	3.582
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	15.1

9913 Humperdinck is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.46 years.^[1] It is associated with the Flora family of asteroids.^[2]

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.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "9913 Humperdinck (4071 T-3)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
^ Zappalà, Vincenzo; Bendjoya, Philippe; Cellino, Alberto; Farinella, Paolo; Froeschlé, Claude (1997). "Asteroid Dynamical Families". EAR-A-5-DDR-FAMILY-V4.1. NASA Planetary Data System.
^ MPC 34356 Minor Planet Center

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