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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | September 19, 1973 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 4230 |
| Named after | Sidney Van den Bergh |
| Alternate name(s) | 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 (H) | 11.70 |
4230 Van den Bergh (1973 ST1) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is named for Sidney Van den Bergh, Dutch Canadian astronomer and former director of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.[1]
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