Tjeerd S. van Albada (b. 1936) is a professor of astronomy at Groningen. His main work is on the dynamics of extragalactic systems and the role of so-called dark matter. The citation was prepared by U. Schwarz.
Discovered on 24-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.