(8370) Vanlindt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 September 1991 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Marianne Van Lindt (b. 1941) is a well-known Belgian artist of impressionistic aquarels and oil paintings. Her home in Antwerp is a place of social encounters among artists, scientists and musicians.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vanlindt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vanlindt is 2.49 au from the Sun and 2.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8370 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 RK11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.24 km (#10,161 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.256 |
| Rotation period | 6.25 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.77 |
| Orbital period | 4.11 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 11.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.28 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Marianne
All asteroids named after someone called Marianne
Also discovered on 4 September 1991
- (6789) Milkey
- (7420) Buffon
- (8515) Corvan
- (9346) Fernandel
- (9594) Garstang
- (10784) Noailles
- (10785) Dejaiffe
- (11059) Nulliusinverba
- (12301) Eotvos
- (13533) Junili
- (13534) Alain-Fournier
- (21073) Darksky
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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