(8959) Oenanthe

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( 8959 ) Oenanthe 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.

After FORMING classification (Small Main -Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey) were assumed in ( 8959 ) Oenanthe 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.

( 8959 ) Oenanthe is named after the Wheatear, Oenanthe Oenanthe whose scientific name is. At the time of designation of the asteroid on February 2, 1999, the Wheatear was on the Dutch Red List of Threatened Species.