1336 Zeelandia
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1336 Zeelandia is a main-belt asteroid
discovered on September 9, 1934 by H. van Gent
at Johannesburg (LS).
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
discovered on September 9, 1934 by H. van Gent
Hendrik van Gent
Hendrik van Gent was a Dutch astronomer.He moved to South Africa in 1928 in order to observe the southern sky at the Leiden Southern Station and the Union Observatory in Johannesburg. He studied variable stars, and also discovered a number of asteroids and comets...
at Johannesburg (LS).