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5756 Wassenbergh

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Discovery date
  
24 September 1960

Observation arc
  
20261 days (55.47 yr)

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Palomar Observatory

MPC designation
  
5756

Alternative names
  
6034 P-L

Discovered
  
24 September 1960

Named after
  
Henri Wassenbergh

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovered by
  
Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels

Aphelion
  
3.1673471 AU (473.82838 Gm)

Perihelion
  
1.9971013 AU (298.76210 Gm)

Discoverers
  
Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld

5756 Wassenbergh (6034 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.

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Designation

In due course, this minor irregularly-shaped planetary body was named for Henri Wassenbergh, who was Professor of Air and Space Law at University of Leiden in the Netherlands from 1977 through 1994. The permanent designation was suggested by Prof. Wassenbergh's secretary and his colleagues at Leiden; and the announcement of this name was timed to coincide with his valedictory address at the university. He had been Professor Extraordinarius of Air and Space Law at Leiden since 1977, and Professor Ordinarius since 1991.

Namesake

Wassenbergh, known to his friends and colleagues as "Or" Wassenbergh, is a Dutch academic and for many years, he was an official of Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM). Since 1967, he had been a member of the Air Transport Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris. Wassenbergh also participated in the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL) of the European Space Agency (ESA), the International Institute of Space Law of the International Astronautical Federation, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Air Policy Advisory Group, the Société Française de Droit Aérien, the Netherlands branch of the Legal Committee of the International Civil Aviation Organization, and the Netherlands Interdepartmental Committee on Civil Aviation. In this context, the title of one of his books seems prescient -- Principles of Outer Space Law in Hindsight.

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5756 Wassenbergh Wikipedia