- 8371 Goven
Minor Planet
name=8371 Goven
discoverer=Charles de Saint-Aignan
discovery_date=October 2 ,1991
designations=mp|1991 TJ|14
category=Main belt
epoch=June 14 ,2006 (JD 2453900.5)
semimajor=406.234 Gm (2.716 AU)
perihelion=381.758 Gm (2.552 AU)
aphelion=430.711 Gm (2.879 AU)
eccentricity=0.060
period=1634.462 d (4.47 a)
inclination=3.894°
asc_node=115.996°
arg_peri=202.517°
mean_anomaly=142.631°
speed=18.06 km/s
dimensions="unknown"
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation="unknown"
spectral_class="unknown"
abs_mag=13.8
albedo=0.10
temperature=~169 KGeneral
The
asteroid 8371 Goven is a Main beltasteroid discovered byCharles de Saint-Aignan atLowell Observatory , examining films taken at Palomar.
=Citation from the MPCs=The village of
Goven inBrittany 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 MPCit_JPL|8371.Orbital Diagram
This orbital diagram is courtesy of the [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi JPL Small-Body Database Browser]
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*List of asteroids named after important people
*List of asteroids named after places
*List of noteworthy asteroids
*Meanings of asteroid names
*Minor planet
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