1168 Brandia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Delporte, E. |
| Discovery date | 25 August 1930 |
| Orbital characteristics [2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 81.23 yr (29668 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.1095805 AU (465.18662 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.9936925 AU (298.25215 Gm) |
| 2.5516365 AU (381.71939 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2186612 |
| 4.08 yr (1488.8 d) | |
| 23.705064° | |
| 0° 14m 30.519s / day | |
| Inclination | 12.733836° |
| 218.65368° | |
| 122.98024° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.01814 AU (152.312 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.4526 AU (366.90 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.372 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | diameter 10.61 km |
Mean radius | 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
- ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved October 17, 2007.
- ^ "1168 Brandia (1930 QA)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
