Discovered by Franz Kaiser Alternative names 1913 SO Aphelion 3.0488 AU (456.09 Gm) Discovered 8 September 1913 Discoverer Franz Kaiser Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 8 September 1913 Observation arc 97.40 yr (35574 d) Perihelion 2.6751 AU (400.19 Gm) Orbits Sun Asteroid family Koronis 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.
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