(8961) Schoenobaenus

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( 8961 ) schoenobaenus 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 asteroid is part of the Themis family, a group of asteroids, which was named after ( 24) Themis. After FORMING classification (Small Main -Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey) were assumed in ( 8961 ) schoenobaenus of a dark surface with a spectroscopic investigation of Gianluca Masi, Sergio Foglia and Richard P. Binzel, it might be so, roughly speaking, to act a C- asteroids.

( 8961 ) schoenobaenus is named after the sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus whose scientific name is. At the time of designation of the asteroid on February 2, 1999, the Sedge Warbler was on the Dutch Red List of Threatened Species.

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