Discovery date 19 September 1973 Observation arc 23476 days (64.27 yr) Orbits Sun Discovery site Palomar Observatory MPC designation 4230 | Alternative names 1973 ST1 Discovered 19 September 1973 Named after Sidney van den Bergh Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels Aphelion 4.4824724 AU (670.56833 Gm) Perihelion 3.4250346 AU (512.37788 Gm) Discoverers Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld | ||
4230 Van den Bergh (1973 ST1) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is named for Sidney Van den Bergh, Dutch Canadian astronomer and former director of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.
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