8371 Goven

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**8371 Goven**
Discovery ^A

Discoverer	Charles de Saint-Aignan
Discovery date	October 2, 1991
Alternate designations ^B	1991 TJ₁₄
Category	Main belt
Orbital elements ^C
Epoch June 14, 2006 (JD 2453900.5)
Eccentricity (e)	0.060
Semi-major axis (a)	406.234 G m (2.716 AU)
Perihelion (q)	381.758 Gm (2.552 AU)
Aphelion (Q)	430.711 Gm (2.879 AU)
Orbital period (P)	1634.462 d (4.47 a)
Mean orbital speed	18.06 km/s
Inclination (i)	3.894°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω)	115.996°
Argument of perihelion (ω)	202.517°
Mean anomaly (M)	142.631°
Physical characteristics ^D
Dimensions	unknown
Mass	unknown
Density	unknown
Surface gravity	unknown
Escape velocity	unknown
Rotation period	unknown
Spectral class	unknown
Absolute magnitude	13.8
Albedo (geometric)	0.10
Mean surface temperature	~169 K
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1 General
2 Citation from the MPCs
3 Orbital Diagram
4 See also

[edit] General

The asteroid 8371 Goven is a Main belt asteroid discovered by Charles de Saint-Aignan at Lowell Observatory, examining films taken at Palomar.

[edit] Citation from the MPCs

The village of Goven in Brittany is the home of the Bernardinis, who were an extraordinary host family for the discoverer during his year-long stay there. Jean-Paul Bernardini served as a navigator in the French Marine during the 1960s, frequently practising the dying art of celestial navigation †.