Discovered by H. van Gent MPC designation 2019 van Albada Observation arc 84.60 yr (30899 days) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 28 September 1935 Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 28 September 1935 Discovery site Union Observatory | |
Alternative names 1935 SX1 · 1931 JN1941 HS · 1964 DG1971 HB · 1975 ND1975 PL · A911 KD Similar Sun, Solar System, Asteroid belt, 2685 Masursky, 2867 Šteins | ||
2019 van Albada, provisional designation 1935 SX1, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1935 by Dutch astronomer Hendrik van Gent at Leiden Southern Station, annex to the Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa. It is a S-type asteroid.
The asteroid was considered as a flyby target of the NEAR unmanned robotic spacecraft mission in the 1990s. NEAR eventually launched, but visited 253 Mathilde and 433 Eros.
It was named in memory of Dutch astronomer Gale Bruno van Albada (1911–1972), who was director of the Bosscha Observatory and of the Astronomical Institute at Amsterdam.
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