1353 Maartje

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Maartje
Discovery
A three-dimensional model of 1353 Maartje based on its light curve.
Discovered by	Hendrik van Gent
Discovery site	Johannesburg
Discovery date	February 13, 1935
Designations
MPC designation	1353
Alternative names	1935 CU
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion	3.2861208
Perihelion	2.7395486
Eccentricity	0.0907073
Orbital period	1910.1231860
Mean anomaly	211.42725
Inclination	9.18940
Longitude of ascending node	211.88902
Argument of perihelion	100.01008
Physical characteristics
Geometric albedo	0.1073
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.40

1353 Maartje (1935 CU) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1935, by Hendrik van Gent at Johannesburg. The asteroid was named after Maartje (Nin) Maria Lindenburg Mekking (1924-2007), daughter of B.C. Mekking (1903-1971), a calculator at the Leiden Observatory.

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