1353 Maartje
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1353 Maartje is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on February 13, 1935 by H. van Gent
at Johannesburg (LS).
The asteroid was named after Maartje (Nin) Mekking, daughter of B.C. Mekking(1904-1972), calculator at the Leiden Observatory.
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...
asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discovered on February 13, 1935 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).
The asteroid was named after Maartje (Nin) Mekking, daughter of B.C. Mekking(1904-1972), calculator at the Leiden Observatory.