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521 Brixia
Discovery
Discovered by	Raymond Smith Dugan
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	10 January 1904
Designations
MPC designation	(521) Brixia
Pronunciation	/ˈbrɪksiə/
Alternative designations	1904 NB
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	112.27 yr (41005 d)
Aphelion	3.5139 AU (525.67 Gm)
Perihelion	1.9657 AU (294.06 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.7398 AU (409.87 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.28254
Orbital period (sidereal)	4.54 yr (1656.4 d)
Mean anomaly	308.887°
Mean motion	0° 13m 2.388s / day
Inclination	10.596°
Longitude of ascending node	89.665°
Argument of perihelion	316.010°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	57.825±1 km
Synodic rotation period	28.479 h (1.1866 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0626±0.002
Absolute magnitude (H)	8.31

521 Brixia is a relatively large minor planet, specifically an asteroid orbiting mostly in the asteroid belt that was discovered by American astronomer Raymond Smith Dugan on January 10, 1904. The name derives from Brixia, the ancient name of the Italian city of Brescia.^[3]

References

^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
^ Yeomans, Donald K., "521 Brixia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 6 May 2016.
^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag. p. 56. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.

External links

Lightcurve plot of 521 Brixia, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2009)
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
521 Brixia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
521 Brixia at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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[1] Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language

[JPL-2] Yeomans, Donald K., "521 Brixia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 6 May 2016.

[3] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag. p. 56. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.

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