4230 van den Bergh
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
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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
- ↑ Canadian Asteroids, The Royal Astronomy Society of Canada, July 22, 2008, retrieved 2009-01-19
External links
- JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 4230 Van den Bergh
- 4230 van den Bergh at the JPL Small-Body Database
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