8371 Goven

8371 Goven
Discovery
Discovered by Charles de Saint-Aignan
Discovery date 2 October 1991
Designations
1991 TJ14
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 22579 days (61.82 yr)
Aphelion 2.87448 AU (430.016 Gm)
Perihelion 2.56127 AU (383.161 Gm)
2.71787 AU (406.588 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.057621
4.48 yr (1636.6 d)
18.06 km/s
195.109°
0.219968°/day
Inclination 3.89285°
115.963°
200.776°
Earth MOID 1.54597 AU (231.274 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.28209 AU (341.396 Gm)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions unknown
Mass unknown
Mean density
unknown
Equatorial surface gravity
unknown
Equatorial escape velocity
unknown
unknown
0.10
Temperature ~169 K
unknown
13.8

    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

    References

    1. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 8371 Goven (1991 TJ14)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

    External links


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