4230 van den Bergh

Van den Bergh
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels
Discovery site Palomar Observatory
Discovery date September 19, 1973
Designations
MPC designation 4230
Named after
 Sidney Van den Bergh
1973 ST1
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 4.4827618
Perihelion 3.4230710
Eccentricity 0.1340391
2870.6144686
329.98532
Inclination 3.09729
160.55595
24.38447
Physical characteristics
0.0259
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]

    References

    1. ↑ Canadian Asteroids, The Royal Astronomy Society of Canada, July 22, 2008, retrieved 2009-01-19

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