761 Brendelia

761 Brendelia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Franz Kaiser on September 8, 1913, and named after Otto Rudolf Martin Brendel.

761 Brendelia
Discovery
Discovered byFranz Kaiser
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date8 September 1913
Designations
(761) Brendelia
1913 SO
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc97.40 yr (35574 d)
Aphelion3.0488 AU (456.09 Gm)
Perihelion2.6751 AU (400.19 Gm)
2.8619 AU (428.13 Gm)
Eccentricity0.065297
4.84 yr (1768.4 d)
114.79°
 12m 12.852s / day
Inclination2.1605°
23.830°
298.232°
Earth MOID1.66272 AU (248.739 Gm)
Jupiter MOID2.15087 AU (321.766 Gm)
TJupiter3.297
Physical characteristics
57.96 h (2.415 d)
10.83

    This is a member of the dynamic Koronis family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.[2]

    References

    1. Yeomans, Donald K., "761 Brendelia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
    2. Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry" (PDF), Icarus, 114, pp. 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.31.2739, doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053.


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