4230 van den Bergh
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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | van Houten and Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | September 19, 1973 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 4230 |
| Alternative names[1] | 1973 ST1 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 4.4827618 |
| Peri | 3.4230710 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1340391 |
| Orbital period | 2870.6144686 |
| Mean anomaly | 329.98532 |
| Inclination | 3.09729 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 160.55595 |
| Argument of peri | 24.38447 |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0259 |
| Absolute magnitude | 11.70 |
4230 van den Bergh (1973 ST1) is a Outer Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 19, 1973 by van Houten and Gehrels at Palomar. It is named for Sidney van den Bergh, Dutch Canadian astronomer and former director of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.[2]
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