(9766) Bradbury

Asteroid (9766) Bradbury
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: July 31, 2016 ( JD 2,457,600.5)
Orbit type	Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.4502 AU
eccentricity	0.0831
Perihelion - aphelion	2.2467 AU - 2.6537 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	1.2766 °
Length of the ascending node	53.1232 °
Argument of the periapsis	59.5370 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	4th October 2014
Sidereal period	3.84 a
Mean orbital velocity	19.03 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	5.406 km (± 1.503)
Albedo	0.137 (± 0.068)
Absolute brightness	14.2 mag
history
Explorer	Kitt-Peak - Spacewatch
Date of discovery	February 24, 1992
Another name	1992 DZ ₂ , 1981 JX ₄ , 1988 FK ₁
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(9766) Bradbury is a main inner belt asteroid discovered on February 24, 1992 as part of the University of Arizona Spacewatch project at the Kitt Peak National Observatory ( IAU code 691). Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid had already occurred in May 1981 at the Palomar Observatory in California (1981 JX ₄ ) and on March 17, 1988 at the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in the Tautenburger Forest (1988 FK ₁ ).

(9766) Bradbury was named on November 11, 2000 after the American writer Ray Bradbury .

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