1168 Brandia

1168 Brandia [1]
Discovery
Discovered by Delporte, E.
Discovery date 1930-Aug-25
Orbital characteristics
Epoch Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB
Aphelion 3.1060560 AU
Perihelion 1.9994864 AU
2.5527712 AU
Eccentricity 0.2167389
1489.7598871 days
4.08 years
330.43323 °
Inclination 12.73745 °
218.78429 °
122.76527 °
Physical characteristics
Dimensions diameter 10.61 km
11.444 h
0.1526  
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]

    References

    1. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved October 17, 2007.

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