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... s discovered: 39
1132 Hollandia 1132 Hollandia 1132 Hollandia is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It makes a revolution around the Sun once every 4 years. It completes one rotation once every 6 hours. It was discovered by H. Van Gent on September 13, 1929 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hollandia is the Latin name for Holland, a synonymous...	September 13, 1929
1133 Lugduna 1133 Lugduna 1133 Lugduna is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It makes a revolution around the Sun once every 3 years. It was discovered by H. Van Gent on September 13, 1929 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Lugdunum Batavorum is the Latin name for the city of Katwijk, 10 kilometers to the west of Leiden,...	September 13, 1929
1165 Imprinetta 1165 Imprinetta 1165 Imprinetta is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. Approximately 49 kilometers in diameter, it makes a revolution around the Sun once every 6 years. It completes one rotation once every 8 hours. It was discovered by Hendrik van Gent at Johannesburg, South Africa on April 24, 1930. Its...	April 24, 1930
1225 Ariane 1225 Ariane 1225 Ariane is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 23, 1930 by Van Gent, H. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	April 23, 1930
1226 Golia 1226 Golia 1226 Golia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 22, 1930 by Van Gent, H. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	April 22, 1930
1267 Geertruida 1267 Geertruida 1267 Geertruida is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 23, 1930 by Van Gent, H. at Johannesburg .- External links :...	April 23, 1930
1336 Zeelandia 1336 Zeelandia 1336 Zeelandia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1934 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	September 9, 1934
1337 Gerarda 1337 Gerarda 1337 Gerarda is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1934 by Van Gent, H. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	September 9, 1934
1342 Brabantia 1342 Brabantia 1342 Brabantia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1935 by Van Gent, H. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	February 13, 1935
1353 Maartje 1353 Maartje 1353 Maartje is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1935 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .The asteroid was named after Maartje Mekking, daughter of B.C. Mekking, calculator at the Leiden Observatory....	February 13, 1935
1383 Limburgia 1383 Limburgia 1383 Limburgia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1934 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	September 9, 1934
1384 Kniertje 1384 Kniertje 1384 Kniertje is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1934 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	September 9, 1934
1385 Gelria 1385 Gelria 1385 Gelria is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 24, 1935 by Van Gent, H. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	May 24, 1935
1389 Onnie 1389 Onnie 1389 Onnie is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1935 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	September 28, 1935
1666 van Gent 1666 van Gent 1666 van Gent is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 22, 1930 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	July 22, 1930
1667 Pels 1667 Pels 1667 Pels is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1930 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	September 16, 1930
1670 Minnaert 1670 Minnaert 1670 Minnaert is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1934 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	September 9, 1934
1686 De Sitter 1686 De Sitter 1686 De Sitter is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1935 by Van Gent, H. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	September 28, 1935
1689 Floris-Jan 1689 Floris-Jan 1689 Floris-Jan is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1400.7294299 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 16, 1930.-References:...	September 16, 1930
1693 Hertzsprung 1693 Hertzsprung 1693 Hertzsprung is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 5, 1935 by Van Gent, H. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	May 5, 1935
1694 Kaiser 1694 Kaiser 1694 Kaiser is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1934 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg . It was named after the Dutch astronomer Frederik Kaiser.- External links :*...	September 29, 1934
1738 Oosterhoff 1738 Oosterhoff 1738 Oosterhoff is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1930 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg , and named after dutch astronomer Pieter Oosterhoff.- External links :*...	September 16, 1930
1752 van Herk 1752 van Herk 1752 van Herk is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 22, 1930 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg.- External links :*...	July 22, 1930
1753 Mieke 1753 Mieke 1753 Mieke is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 10, 1934 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg.- External links :*...	May 10, 1934
1879 Broederstroom 1879 Broederstroom 1879 Broederstroom is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1935 by Van Gent, H. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	October 16, 1935
1914 Hartbeespoortdam 1914 Hartbeespoortdam 1914 Hartbeespoortdam is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1930 by Van Gent, H. at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	September 28, 1930
1925 Franklin-Adams 1925 Franklin-Adams 1925 Franklin-Adams is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1489.3272944 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 9, 1934. It is named after English amateur astronomer John Franklin-Adams , who created one of the earliest detailed, photographic atlases of the complete night sky...	September 9, 1934
1945 Wesselink 1945 Wesselink 1945 Wesselink is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 22, 1930 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	July 22, 1930
1946 Walraven 1946 Walraven 1946 Walraven is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 8, 1931 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	August 8, 1931
1986 Plaut 1986 Plaut 1986 Plaut is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1935 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	September 28, 1935
2019 van Albada 2019 van Albada 2019 van Albada is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1935 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	September 28, 1935
2203 van Rhijn 2203 van Rhijn 2203 van Rhijn is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1935 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	September 28, 1935
2378 Pannekoek 2378 Pannekoek 2378 Pannekoek is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1935 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg . It is named after the Dutch astronomer and council communist Anton Pannekoek.- External links :*...	February 13, 1935
2801 Huygens 2801 Huygens 2801 Huygens is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Hendrik van Gent in 1935. It belongs to the Gefion family of asteroids. It is named after Christiaan Huygens, the Dutch astronomer, mathematician and physicist....	September 28, 1935
2831 Stevin 2831 Stevin 2831 Stevin is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 17, 1930 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	September 17, 1930
2945 Zanstra 2945 Zanstra 2945 Zanstra is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1935 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...	September 28, 1935
4296 van Woerkom 4296 van Woerkom 4296 van Woerkom is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1935 by Hendrik van Gent at Johannesburg.- External links :*...	September 28, 1935
4359 Berlage 4359 Berlage 4359 Berlage is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1935 by Hendrik van Gent at Johannesburg.- External links :*...	September 28, 1935
4511 Rembrandt 4511 Rembrandt 4511 Rembrandt is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1935 by Hendrik van Gent at Johannesburg.- External links :*...	September 28, 1935

Hendrik van Gent (1900 – March 29, 1947, Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

) was a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 astronomer

Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...

.

He moved to South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 in 1928 in order to observe the southern sky at the Leiden Southern Station and the Union Observatory

Union Observatory

Union Observatory was an astronomical observatory located in the suburb Observatory, Johannesburg, South Africa. It bears IAU code 078.Known as the Transvaal Observatory in its early years, it became the Republic Observatory in 1961...

 in Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

. He studied variable stars, and also discovered a number of 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...

s and comet

Comet

A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet...

s. The crater Van Gent

Van Gent (crater)

Van Gent is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon that is located to the south-southeast of the larger crater Konstantinov. About an equal distance to the east-southeast is Spencer Jones and to the southeast is Papaleksi....

 on the far side of the Moon

Moon

The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...

, and the asteroid 1666 van Gent

1666 van Gent

1666 van Gent is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 22, 1930 by H. van Gent at Johannesburg .- External links :*...

 are named after him.

He died of a heart attack while on leave in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

.