9997 COBE is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.06 years.Discovered on March 25 1971 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld in archival data produced by T. Gehrels it was given the provision designation 1217 T-1. It was later renamed 9997 COBE in honor of the Cosmic Background Explorer.
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