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Discovery
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| Discovered by | Charles de Saint-Aignan |
| Discovery date | October 2, 1991 |
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Designations
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| Alternate name(s) | 1991 TJ14 |
| Minor planet category |
Main belt |
| Epoch June 14, 2006 (JD 2453900.5) | |
| Aphelion | 430.711 Gm (2.879 AU) |
| Perihelion | 381.758 Gm (2.552 AU) |
| Semi-major axis | 406.234 Gm (2.716 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.060 |
| Orbital period | 1634.462 d (4.47 a) |
| Average orbital speed | 18.06 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 142.631° |
| Inclination | 3.894° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 115.996° |
| Argument of perihelion | 202.517° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Dimensions | unknown |
| Mass | unknown |
| Mean density | unknown |
| Equatorial surface gravity | unknown |
| Escape velocity | unknown |
| Rotation period | unknown |
| Albedo | 0.10 |
| Temperature | ~169 K |
| Spectral type | unknown |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.8 |
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The asteroid 8371 Goven is a Main belt asteroid discovered by Charles de Saint-Aignan at Lowell Observatory, examining films taken at Palomar.
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 †.
This orbital diagram is courtesy of the JPL Small-Body Database Browser
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