(1609) Brenda
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Asteroid (1609) Brenda |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Prokne family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5817 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2505 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9348 AU - 3.2285 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 18.667 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.15 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.54 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | (29.6 ± 1.7) km |
| Albedo | 0.115 ± 0.014 |
| Rotation period | 19.46 h |
| Absolute brightness | 10.61 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | E. L. Johnson |
| Date of discovery | July 10, 1951 |
| Another name | 1951 NL, 1925 EA, 1934 JB, 1947 WB, 1950 HD, 1954 EP, 1954 HE |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(1609) Brenda is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 10 July 1951 by E. L. Johnson , from the Union Observatory in Johannesburg , was discovered off.
The asteroid was named after a granddaughter of E. L. Johnson.