1132 Hollandia

1132 Hollandia is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It makes a revolution around the Sun once every 4 years. It completes one rotation once every 6 hours. It was discovered by H. Van Gent on September 13, 1929 in Johannesburg, South Africa.^[1] Hollandia is the Latin name for Holland, a synonymous name for the Netherlands. Its provisional designation was 1929 RB₁.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1132. Retrieved October 17, 2007. 
2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.