(8437) Bernicla
Asteroid (8437) Bernicla |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.5282 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0432 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4190 AU - 2.6373 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.4482 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 230.6559 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 40.3542 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.02 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.73 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.8 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
Date of discovery | March 26, 1971 |
Another name | 3057 T-1 , 1977 XA 3 , 1991 EK 7 |
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. |
(8437) Bernicla is an asteroid of the central main belt , which was discovered on March 26, 1971 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery took place during the 1st Trojan survey, during which Tom Gehrels surveyed field plates recorded by the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory at the University of Leiden , eleven years after the start of the Palomar-Leiden- Surveys .
(8437) Bernicla is named after the Brent Goose , whose scientific name is ( Branta bernicla ). At the time the asteroid was named on February 2, 1999, the Brent goose was a winter guest on the Dutch Blue List of Important Birds, which was published in 1994 together with the Dutch Red List of Endangered Birds. In the publication Birds in Europe by the organization BirdLife International , the Brent goose population was classified as endangered.
Web links
- (8437) Bernicla in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (8437) Bernicla in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Springer, Heidelberg 2012, 6th edition, page 638f (English)