3604 Berkhuijsen
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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 | October 17, 1960 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3604 |
| Alternative names | 5550 P-L |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.9063518 |
| Perihelion | 2.2937138 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1178135 |
| Orbital period | 1531.3224999 |
| Mean anomaly | 320.48086 |
| Inclination | 12.02418 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 20.01665 |
| Argument of perihelion | 155.88417 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.1 |
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3604 Berkhuijsen (5550 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is named for Dutch astronomer Elly M. Berkhuijzen, a specialist in galactic structure, and former student of Jacobus Kapteyn. The asteroid is a member of the Jacobus Collective.
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