(8960) Luscinioides

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Asteroid
(8960) Luscinioides
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  January 13, 2016 ( JD 2,457,400.5)
Orbit type Main outer belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.8967  AU
eccentricity 0.0838
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6540 AU - 3.1394 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.3878 °
Length of the ascending node 71.1634 °
Argument of the periapsis 148.2564 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 20th December 2017
Sidereal period 4.93 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.49 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.3 mag
history
Explorer Cornelis Johannes van Houten ,
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld ,
Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 2575 PL , 1978 GH 5 , 1995 XT 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.

(8960) Luscinioides is an asteroid of the main outer belt that was discovered on September 24, 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 .

(8960) Luscinioides is named after the Rohrschwirl , whose scientific name is Locustella luscinioides . At the time the asteroid was named on February 2, 1999, the Rohrschwirl was on the Dutch Red List of Endangered Species .

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