Wigeon

(1017 T-3 )
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NOW @ 21 ARI 48
FOUND @ 17 ARI 21
 
Inclination: 7.735
Eccentricity: 0.138
Period: 4.636 years
AU 2.78
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

17.10.1977 06:05 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named after the bird Anas penelope; wigeon is its English name. It belongs to the family of the Anatidae. It is on the Dutch Blue List of endangered birds. Although this bird does not breed in the Netherlands, it stays there during the winter. (M 34347; M 34089) _ _.


Discovered on 17-10-1977 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.

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