8441 Lapponica
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | 16 October 1977 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 8441 |
Named after | Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) |
| 4008 T-3 | |
| Main belt [2] | |
| Orbital characteristics[3][2] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 22796 days (62.41 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.49400 AU (373.097 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.88618 AU (282.169 Gm) |
| 2.19009 AU (327.633 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.138765 |
| 3.24 yr (1183.8 d) | |
| 126.435° | |
| 0° 18m 14.746s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.99076° |
| 97.9368° | |
| 86.7558° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.895883 AU (134.0222 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.47487 AU (370.235 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.656 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 3.275 ± 0.001 hours [4] | |
| 13.6,[5] 13.8[2] | |
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8441 Lapponica (4008 T-3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1977 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.[1] Named for the bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) a migratory bird of the family Scolopacidae.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved January 9, 2009.
- 1 2 3 "8441 Lapponica (4008 T-3)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ "(8441) Lapponica". AstDyS. University of Pisa. Retrieved January 23, 2009.
- ↑ Maurice Clark (October 2008). "Asteroid Lightcurve Observations". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 35 (4): 152–154. Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..152C.
- ↑ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Retrieved January 23, 2009.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 650. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved January 23, 2009.
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