3201 Sijthoff
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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 24, 1960 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 3201 |
Alternative names | 6560 P-L |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Aphelion | 2.4573313 |
Perihelion | 2.0574935 |
Eccentricity | 0.0885611 |
Orbital period | 1238.8387937 |
Mean anomaly | 213.59696 |
Inclination | 2.98991 |
Longitude of ascending node | 109.55064 |
Argument of perihelion | 53.31395 |
Physical characteristics | |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
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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
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names. Springer. pp. 265–266. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ↑ "Geschiedenis". Omniversum event locatie van formaat. Omniversum. 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
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