(8587) Ruficollis

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Asteroid
(8587) Ruficollis
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th November 2013 ( JD 2,456,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3502  AU
eccentricity 0.0915
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1352 AU - 2.5653 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.2230 °
Length of the ascending node 294.9353 °
Argument of the periapsis 247.2580 °
Sidereal period 3.60 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.43 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.5 mag
history
Explorer Cornelis Johannes van Houten ,
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld ,
Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery September 25, 1960
Another name 3078 PL , 1992 OS 5
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(8587) Ruficollis is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on September 25, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery came about as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory .

(8587) Ruficollis is after the Little Grebe named, whose scientific name Tachybaptus ruficollis is. At the time the asteroid was named on February 2, 1999, the little grebe was on the Dutch Red List of Endangered Species . The first letters of the asteroids (8585) to (8600) form the phrase Per aspera ad astra .

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