(10970) de Zeeuw

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( 10970 ) de Zeeuw is a main belt asteroid of the middle, which was discovered on 29 September 1973 by the Dutch astronomer Cornelis Johannes van Houten couple and Ingrid van Houten - Groeneveld. The discovery happened during the 2nd Trojan survey, in which the 120 - cm Oschin Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory recorded by Tom Gehrels field plates at Leiden University were screened, 13 years after the beginning of the Palomar - Leiden Surveys.

The asteroid was named after the Dutch astronomer Tim de Zeeuw on 19 February 2006, which was the scientific director of the Leiden Observatory, and since 2007 has been Director General of the European Southern Observatory in Chile.

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