(8433) Brachyrhynchus

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( 8433 ) brachyrhynchus is a main belt asteroid of the middle, 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.

After FORMING classification (Small Main -Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey) were assumed in ( 8433 ) brachyrhynchus from a bright surface with a spectroscopic investigation of Gianluca Masi, Sergio Foglia and Richard P. Binzel, it might be so, roughly speaking, to act an S- asteroids.

( 8433 ) brachyrhynchus is named after the pink-footed goose, whose scientific name Anser brachyrhynchus is. The stock of the pink-footed goose is described in danger in the name description of the asteroid discoverer than in the Netherlands. The appointment was made on 2 February 1999. Population in the Netherlands but has since increasingly.