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10977 Mathlener (3177 T-2) is a main-belt asteroid. It was discovered on 30 Sep. 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by Tom Gehrels. It has been named for Dutch amateur astronomer Edwin Mathlener (1962-) director of the Dutch astronomy information center De Koepel and editor of its magazine Zenit and almanac Sterrengids.