8753 Nycticorax (2636 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It was named after Nycticorax nycticorax the Black-crowned Night Heron.
apoapsis (km)
4.13047e+11
orbital period (μ)
1.11545e+08
periapsis (km)
2.812e+11
absolute magnitude
14.9
discovery date
1960-09-24
discoverer
Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Tom Gehrels
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