(3604) Berkhuijsen
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Asteroid (3604) Berkhuijsen |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Adeona family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5996 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1182 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2923 AU - 2.9068 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.027 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,191 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.47 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | October 17, 1960 |
| Another name | 5550 PL, 1971 FA 1 = 1977 TK 4 |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(3604) Berkhuijsen is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 17, 1960 by the Dutch research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey .
The name of the asteroid is derived from the Dutch astronomer Ellie Berkhuijsen .