(8223) Bradshaw Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 August 1996 by P. G. Comba at Prescott.
Named for the Bradshaw mountains, which lie to the south of Prescott, Arizona. This area of sparsely populated pine-covered mountains provides a dark southern sky for the Prescott Observatory. The mountains themselves were named for William D. Bradshaw, a Western adventurer and miner.Naming citation (19980411/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Bradshaw is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bradshaw is 3.25 au from the Sun and 4.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8223 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 PD |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.24 km (#5,589 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.116 |
| Rotation period | 9.41 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.61 |
| Orbital period | 4.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.73 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.229 |
| Inclination | 9.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.