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8441 Lapponica

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Discovery date
  
16 October 1977

Minor planet category
  
Main belt

Discovered
  
16 October 1977

Discovery site
  
Palomar Observatory

MPC designation
  
8441

Alternative names
  
4008 T-3

Observation arc
  
22796 days (62.41 yr)

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovered by
  
Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels

Named after
  
Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica)

Discoverers
  
Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld

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8441 Lapponica (4008 T-3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1977 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. Named for the bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) a migratory bird of the family Scolopacidae.

References

8441 Lapponica Wikipedia