(8770) Totanus Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named for Tringa totanus, or redshank.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #8, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Totanus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Totanus is 3.26 au from the Sun and 3.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8770 |
| Provisional designation | 3076 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.3 km (#3,062 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Rotation period | 14.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.89 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 2.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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