3201 Sijthoff

Sijthoff
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels
Discovery site Palomar Observatory
Discovery date September 24, 1960
Designations
MPC designation 3201
Alternate name(s) 6560 P-L
Epoch May 14, 2008
Ap 2.4573313
Peri 2.0574935
Eccentricity 0.0885611
Orbital period 1238.8387937
Mean anomaly 213.59696
Inclination 2.98991
Longitude of ascending node 109.55064
Argument of peri 53.31395
Absolute magnitude (H) 13.7

3201 Sijthoff (6560 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.

The asteroid is named after Albert Georg Sijthoff, publisher of the Haagsche Courant, who promoted the popularization of astronomy in the Netherlands.[1] The Sijthoff family backed the 1934 construction of the Sijthoff Planetarium in the Hague which burned down in 1975 and was replaced by the Omniversum.[2]

References

  1. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names. Springer. pp. 265–266. http://books.google.com/books?id=KWrB1jPCa8AC&pg=PA265&lpg=PA265&dq=3201+sijthoff. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 
  2. ^ "Geschiedenis". Omniversum event locatie van formaat. Omniversum. 2010. http://www.omniversum.nl/media/17514/informatiemap%202010.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 

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