2801 Huygens

Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=2801 Huygens
discoverer=Hendrik van Gent
discovered=September 28, 1935
alt_names=mp|1935 SU|1, 1968 UG,
mp|1976 JP|5, mp|1977 TT|1,
mp|1980 FF|11, 1982 UZ
mp_category=Main belt (Gefion family)
epoch=November 26, 2005 (JD 2453700.5)
semimajor=418.908 Gm (2.800 AU)
perihelion=345.865 Gm (2.312 AU)
aphelion=491.952 Gm (3.288 AU)
eccentricity=0.174
period=1711.547 d (4.69 a)
inclination=9.564°
asc_node=34.228°
arg_peri=314.770°
mean_anomaly=6.899°
avg_speed=17.66 km/s
dimensions="unknown"
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
surface_grav="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation="unknown"
spectral_type=S-type asteroid
abs_magnitude=12.20
albedo="unknown"
single_temperature=~166 K "(estimate)"

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.