9996 ANS is a C-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.68 years.Discovered on October 17 1960 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on archived photographic plates made by T. Gehrels it was given the provisional designation 9070 P-L. It was later renamed in honour of the Astronomical Netherlands Satellite an X-ray and gamma ray telescope located in space.
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apoapsis (km)
5.16421e+11
orbital period (μ)
1.47655e+08
periapsis (km)
3.20555e+11
absolute magnitude
13.0
discovery date
1960-10-17
discoverer
Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld
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