3201 Sijthoff

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°
 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

    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

    1. "3201 Sijthoff (6560 P-L)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
    2. Lutz D. Schmadel (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names. Springer. pp. 265–266. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
    3. "Geschiedenis" (PDF). Omniversum event locatie van formaat. Omniversum. 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-30.

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