(9906) Tintoretto

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( 9906 ) Tintoretto is a main belt asteroid of the middle, which was discovered on 26 September 1960 by the Dutch astronomer Cornelis Johannes van Houten couple and Ingrid van Houten - Groeneveld. The discovery came as part of the Palomar - Leiden Survey, which recorded by Tom Gehrels with the 120 - inch Oschin Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory field plates at Leiden University were screened.

The asteroid belongs to the Eunomia family, one named after (15 ) Eunomia group, which includes probably five percent of the asteroids of the main belt.

( 9906 ) Tintoretto was named on April 2, 1999 after the Renaissance Venetian painter Jacopo Robusti, Il Tintoretto was called the. In 1976, an impact crater was named in the southern hemisphere of the planet Mercury by Tintoretto Tintoretto Mercury crater.

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