(8600) Arundinaceus Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named for Acrocephalus arundinaceus, or great reed warbler.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #8, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Arundinaceus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Arundinaceus is 2.80 au from the Sun and 2.24 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8600 |
| Provisional designation | 3060 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.41 km (#11,821 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.173 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 2.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 30 September 1973
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- (6259) Maillol
- (7265) Edithmuller
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- (8125) Tyndareus
More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1778) Alfven
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1813) Imhotep
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