1353 Maartje

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Maartje
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A three-dimensional model of 1353 Maartje based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by Hendrik van Gent
Discovery site Johannesburg
Discovery date February 13, 1935
Designations
MPC designation 1353
1935 CU
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.2861208
Perihelion 2.7395486
Eccentricity 0.0907073
1910.1231860
211.42725
Inclination 9.18940
211.88902
100.01008
Physical characteristics
0.1073
10.40

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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