8371 Goven
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Charles de Saint-Aignan |
| Discovery date | October 2, 1991 |
| Designations | |
| 1991 TJ14 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch June 14, 2006 (JD 2453900.5) | |
| Aphelion | 430.711 Gm (2.879 AU) |
| Perihelion | 381.758 Gm (2.552 AU) |
| 406.234 Gm (2.716 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.060 |
| 1634.462 d (4.47 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 18.06 km/s |
| 142.631° | |
| Inclination | 3.894° |
| 115.996° | |
| 202.517° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | unknown |
| Mass | unknown |
Mean density | unknown |
| unknown | |
| unknown | |
| unknown | |
| Albedo | 0.10 |
| Temperature | ~169 K |
Spectral type | unknown |
| 13.8 | |
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General
The asteroid 8371 Goven is a Main belt asteroid discovered by Charles de Saint-Aignan at Lowell Observatory, examining films taken at Palomar.
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 †.
Orbital Diagram
This orbital diagram is courtesy of the JPL Small-Body Database Browser
See also
- Asteroid belt
- Category:Asteroid groups and families
- Category:Asteroids
- List of asteroids
- List of asteroids named after important people
- List of asteroids named after places
- List of notable asteroids
- Meanings of asteroid names
- Minor planet
- Minor Planet Center
- Pronunciation of asteroid names
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