9913 Humperdinck is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.46 years. It is associated with the Flora family of asteroids.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.
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apoapsis (km)
3.91843e+11
orbital period (μ)
1.09266e+08
periapsis (km)
2.92916e+11
absolute magnitude
14.7
discovery date
1977-10-16
discoverer
Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld
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