(8437) Bernicla

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( 8437 ) bernicla 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.

( 8437 ) bernicla is named after the Brent Goose, whose scientific name (Branta bernicla ) is. At the time of designation of the asteroid on February 2, 1999, was the Brent Goose winter as a guest on the Dutch Blue List important birds, which was published in 1994 together with the Dutch Red List of endangered bird species. In the publication Birds in Europe the organization BirdLife International, the holdings of Brent Goose was classified as endangered.

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