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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Delporte, E. |
| Discovery date | 1930-Aug-25 |
| Epoch Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB | |
| Aphelion | 3.1060560 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9994864 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 2.5527712 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.2167389 |
| Orbital period | 1489.7598871 days 4.08 years |
| Mean anomaly | 330.43323 ° |
| Inclination | 12.73745 ° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 218.78429 ° |
| Argument of perihelion | 122.76527 ° |
| Dimensions | diameter 10.61 km |
| Rotation period | 11.444 h |
| Geometric albedo | 0.1526 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.53 mag |
1168 Brandia is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. Approximately 11 kilometers in diameter, it makes a revolution around the Sun once every 4 years. It completes one rotation once every 11 hours. It was discovered by Eugène Joseph Delporte at Uccle, Belgium on 25 August 1930. Its provisional designation was 1930 QA.[1]
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