(8761) Crane Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named for the bird Grus grus; Crane is its English name. It belongs to the family of the Gruidae and is an endangered species in Europe.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #9, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Crane is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Crane is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8761 |
| Provisional designation | 1163 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 2.64 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.45 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0918 |
| Inclination | 3.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (7314) Pevsner
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- (1778) Alfven
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1813) Imhotep
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