(8762) Hiaticula

Asteroid (8762) Hiaticula
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch:  4th November 2013 ( JD 2,456,600.5)
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
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(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

1. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Springer, Heidelberg 2003, 5th edition, page 664 (English)