Alternative names 1935 CU Discovered 13 February 1935 Discoverer Hendrik van Gent Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 13 February 1935 Observation arc 95.61 yr (34921 days) Orbits Sun MPC designation 1353 | |
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Aphelion 3.2991203 AU (493.54137 Gm) Perihelion 2.7223385 AU (407.25604 Gm) People also search for 1383 Limburgia, 1336 Zeelandia, Sun | ||
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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