8441 Lapponica

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°
 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]

    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. 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved January 9, 2009.
    2. 1 2 3 "8441 Lapponica (4008 T-3)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    3. "(8441) Lapponica". AstDyS. University of Pisa. Retrieved January 23, 2009.
    4. Maurice Clark (October 2008). "Asteroid Lightcurve Observations". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 35 (4): 152–154. Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..152C.
    5. Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Retrieved January 23, 2009.
    6. 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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