3201 Sijthoff
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | 24 September 1960 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3201 |
| 6560 P-L | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 22357 days (61.21 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.4551699 AU (367.28819 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.0604986 AU (308.24620 Gm) |
| 2.257834 AU (337.7672 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0874004 |
| 3.39 yr (1239.2 d) | |
| 306.62057° | |
| 0° 17m 25.848s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.990497° |
| 109.49099° | |
| 53.63146° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.0701 AU (160.08 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.52004 AU (376.993 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.615 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 4.6073 h (0.19197 d) | |
| 13.5 | |
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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.[2] 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.[3]
References
- ↑ "3201 Sijthoff (6560 P-L)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names. Springer. pp. 265–266. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ↑ "Geschiedenis" (PDF). Omniversum event locatie van formaat. Omniversum. 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
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