(8602) Oedicnemus Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named for Burhinus oedicnemus, or stone curlew.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #8, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Oedicnemus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Oedicnemus is 2.70 au from the Sun and 2.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8602 |
| Provisional designation | 2480 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.68 km (#9,442 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.346 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.32 |
| Orbital period | 3.72 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 8.07° |
| 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 16 October 1977
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- (4754) Panthoos
- (5610) Balster
- (5699) Munch
- (5700) Homerus
- (5984) Lysippus
- (6055) Brunelleschi
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- (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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