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761 Brendelia

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Discovered by
  
Alternative names
  
1913 SO

Aphelion
  
3.0488 AU (456.09 Gm)

Discovered
  
8 September 1913

Discoverer
  
Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
8 September 1913

Observation arc
  
97.40 yr (35574 d)

Perihelion
  
2.6751 AU (400.19 Gm)

Orbits
  
Asteroid family
  
Discovery site
  
Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl

Similar
  
441 Bathilde, 528 Rezia, 193 Ambrosia, 509 Iolanda, 516 Amherstia

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.

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.

References

761 Brendelia Wikipedia


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