(8758) Perdix

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( 8758 ) Perdix is an asteroid of the outer main belt, which was discovered on 24 September 1960 by the Dutch astronomer Cornelis Johannes van Houten couple and Ingrid van Houten - Groeneveld. The discovery came as part of the Palomar - Leiden Survey, which recorded by Tom Gehrels with the 120 - inch Oschin Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory field plates at Leiden University were screened.

The asteroid belongs to Hygiea family, a rather older group of asteroids, as has been suggested, the largest member of the asteroid (10 ) Hygiea is.

The timeless ( nichtoskulierenden ) orbital elements of ( 8758 ) Perdix are almost identical with those of eleven smaller (if one of the absolute brightness of 14.2, 14.2, 14.4, 15.0, 15.1, 15.3, 15.2, 15.9, 15.5, 15.9 and 16.1 compared to 13.9 emanates ) asteroid ( 73500 ) 2002 RK57, ( 79161 ) 1993 FW19, ( 100663 ) 1997 WN30, ( 143522 ) 2003 EG13, (161216) 2002 VR6, ( 191999 ) 2005 XG64, ( 192205 ) 2007 JJ27, ( 280 007 ) 2 001 US201, ( 293556 ) 2007 HV37, ( 302430 ) 2002 CL303 and ( 314590 ) 2006 AZ18.

( 8758 ) Perdix was named after the partridge on 2 February 1999, whose scientific name is Perdix perdix. At the time of designation of the asteroid, the partridge was on the Dutch and European Red List of Threatened Species.