8881 Prialnik
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1993 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 8881 |
| 1993 FW36 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.8097110 |
| Perihelion | 2.6477176 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0296831 |
| 1646.4006937 | |
| 239.73152 | |
| Inclination | 4.94758 |
| 168.23040 | |
| 267.92465 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.5 | |
|
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8881 Prialnik (1993 FW36) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 19, 1993 by at the European Southern Observatory.[1]
It is named after Dina Prialnik, "a leading expert in the modelling of thermal evolution of cometary nuclei, also known for her work on white dwarfs and the mechanisms of nova outbursts".[1]