(9996) ANS Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
The Astronomical Netherlands Satellite (ANS) was launched on 1974 Aug. 30 as the first Dutch satellite. Designed as an astronomical observatory, for 20 months it observed celestial objects at ultraviolet and x-ray wavelengths. ANS discovered the x-ray bursts and detected x-rays from Capella.Naming citation (20001111/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where ANS is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: ANS is 2.32 au from the Sun and 1.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9996 |
| Provisional designation | 9070 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.98 km (#5,778 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.113 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.84 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 3.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.233 |
| Inclination | 7.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.15 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 October 1960
- (1813) Imhotep
- (2082) Galahad
- (2319) Aristides
- (2412) Wil
- (2495) Noviomagum
- (3279) Solon
- (3604) Berkhuijsen
- (3734) Waland
- (4355) Memphis
- (4356) Marathon
- (4907) Zoser
- (5012) Eurymedon
More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1778) Alfven
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1813) Imhotep
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