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1168 Brandia

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1168 Brandia [1]
Discovery
Discovered byDelporte, E.
Discovery date25 August 1930
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc81.23 yr (29668 days)
Aphelion3.1095805 AU (465.18662 Gm)
Perihelion1.9936925 AU (298.25215 Gm)
2.5516365 AU (381.71939 Gm)
Eccentricity0.2186612
4.08 yr (1488.8 d)
23.705064°
0° 14m 30.519s / day
Inclination12.733836°
218.65368°
122.98024°
Earth MOID1.01814 AU (152.312 Gm)
Jupiter MOID2.4526 AU (366.90 Gm)
TJupiter3.372
Physical characteristics
Dimensionsdiameter 10.61 km
5.305±0.35 km
11.444 h (0.4768 d)
0.1526±0.021
12.53

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. ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved October 17, 2007.
  2. ^ "1168 Brandia (1930 QA)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 1 May 2016.