1353 Maartje

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Maartje

A three-dimensional model of 1353 Maartje based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by Hendrik van Gent
Discovery site Johannesburg
Discovery date 13 February 1935
Designations
MPC designation 1353
1935 CU
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 95.61 yr (34921 days)
Aphelion 3.2991203 AU (493.54137 Gm)
Perihelion 2.7223385 AU (407.25604 Gm)
3.010729 AU (450.3986 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.0957877
5.22 yr (1908.1 d)
58.543471°
 11m 19.202s / day
Inclination 9.202416°
211.79068°
98.625654°
Earth MOID 1.72775 AU (258.468 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.9523 AU (292.06 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.223
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
16.875±1.95 km
22.930 h (0.9554 d)
0.1073±0.030
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    1353 Maartje (1935 CU) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1935, by Hendrik van Gent at Johannesburg. The asteroid was named after Maartje (Nin) Maria Lindenburg Mekking (1924-2007), daughter of B.C. Mekking (1903-1971), a calculator at the Leiden Observatory.

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