(8763) Pugnax

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( 8763 ) Pugnax is a main belt asteroid of the middle, which was discovered on 26 March 1971 by the Dutch astronomer Cornelis Johannes van Houten couple and Ingrid van Houten - Groeneveld. The discovery took place within the first Trojan survey, in which the 120 - cm Oschin Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory recorded by Tom Gehrels field plates at Leiden University were screened, eleven years after the beginning of the Palomar - Leiden Surveys.

( 8763 ) Pugnax is named after the ruff, a snipe bird whose scientific name is Philomachus pugnax. The naming of the asteroid on 2 February, 1999 The reason of the choice of name. Upon designation of the existence of the corncrake in the Netherlands was at risk.