(761) Brendelia
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Asteroid (761) Brendelia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2,864 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.066 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2,676 AU - 3,052 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.2 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 23.9 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 300.2 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | March 21, 2010 |
| Sidereal period | 4 a 309 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.6 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 21 km |
| Rotation period | 57 h 58 min |
| Absolute brightness | 10.83 mag |
| Spectral class | Tholen : S-type or C-type |
| history | |
| Explorer | Franz Kaiser |
| Date of discovery | September 8, 1913 |
| Another name | 1913 SO |
| 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. | |
(761) Brendelia is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 8, 1913 by the German astronomer Franz Kaiser in Heidelberg .
The asteroid was named after the German astronomer Martin Brendel .