(8762) Hiaticula

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( 8762 ) hiaticula is a main belt asteroid of the middle, which was discovered on 25 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.

The asteroid is named after the ringed plover, whose scientific name Charadrius hiatuicula is. At the time of designation of the asteroid on February 2, 1999, the Ringed Plover was on the Dutch Red List of Threatened Species.