(8438) Marila

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( 8438 ) Marila is an asteroid of the inner main belt, which was discovered on 25 May 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.

( 8438 ) Marila is named after the mountain duck, whose scientific name Aythya marila is. At the time of designation of the asteroid on February 2, 1999, the stock of scaup in the Netherlands was at risk. In the Netherlands, it occurs as a winter visitor.