Discovery date 2 October 1991 Minor planet category Main belt Discovered 2 October 1991 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Alternative names 1991 TJ14 Observation arc 22579 days (61.82 yr) Absolute magnitude 13.8 Discovery site Palomar Observatory | |
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Discovered by Charles de Saint-Aignan Aphelion 2.87448 AU (430.016 Gm) Discoverer Charles P. de Saint-Aignan People also search for Sun, (21083) 1991 TH14 | ||
General
The asteroid 8371 Goven is a Main belt asteroid discovered by Charles de Saint-Aignan at Lowell Observatory, examining films taken at Palomar.
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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
References
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