8441 Lapponica

8441 Lapponica
Discovery
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) Lapponica
Named after	Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Alternative designations	4008 T-3
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics
	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)
Semi-major axis	2.19009 AU (327.633 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.138765
Orbital period (sidereal)	3.24 yr (1183.8 d)
Mean anomaly	126.435°
Mean motion	0° 18m 14.746s / day
Inclination	4.99076°
Longitude of ascending node	97.9368°
Argument of perihelion	86.7558°
Earth MOID	0.895883 AU (134.0222 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.47487 AU (370.235 Gm)
TJupiter	3.656
Physical characteristics
Synodic rotation period	3.275 ± 0.001 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.6, 13.8

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

^ ^a ^b "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved January 9, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "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.^{[dead link]}
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