(8435) Anser

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( 8435 ) Anser is an asteroid of the inner 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 Italian astronomer Vincenzo Zappalà defined in a 1995 publication ( et al. ) Affiliation of the asteroid to the Flora family, a large group of asteroids that is named after ( 8) flora. Asteroids of this family move in an orbital resonance of 4:9 with the planet Mars around the Sun. The group is also called Ariadne family after the asteroid (43 ) Ariadne.

( 8435 ) Anser is named after the gray goose, whose scientific name Anser anser is. The reason for the choice of name: In naming the asteroid inventory of Grey Goose in the Netherlands was endangered ( extinct around 1910 in the Benelux, 1971, only ten breeding pairs ). The appointment was made on 2 February 1999 now (as of 2010)., There are nearly 500,000 wintering birds in the Benelux countries, so that the stock is no longer listed as endangered.