Discovery date 24 September 1960 Observation arc 22357 days (61.21 yr) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Alternative names 6560 P-L Discovered 24 September 1960 Discovery site Palomar Observatory MPC designation 3201 | |
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels Aphelion 2.4551699 AU (367.28819 Gm) Perihelion 2.0604986 AU (308.24620 Gm) Discoverers Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld Similar Sun, Asteroid belt, Solar System, 3200 Phaethon, 3047 Goethe | ||
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. 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.
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