(8762) Hiaticula
Asteroid (8762) Hiaticula |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.7474 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1506 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3334 AU - 3.1608 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.8266 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 242.0930 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 315.3889 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.55 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.96 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
Date of discovery | March 26, 1971 |
Another name | 3196 T-1 , 1978 WE 16 , 1980 FW 5 , 1985 JA 2 |
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. |
(8762) Hiaticula is an asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on March 25, 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 .
The asteroid is named after the ringed plover named, whose scientific name Charadrius hiatuicula is. At the time the asteroid was named on February 2, 1999, the ringed plover was on the Dutch Red List of Endangered Species .
Web links
- (8762) Hiaticula in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (8762) hiaticula 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 2003, 5th edition, page 664 (English)