(8553) Bradsmith Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 April 1995 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Bradford A. Smith (b. 1931) is an American astronomer who served as the principal investigator of the Imaging Experiment Team of the Voyager missions to the outer planets and has also contributed to many other NASA missions. He has also served as president of IAU Commission 16.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Bradsmith is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bradsmith is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	8553
Provisional designation	1995 HG
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Rotation period	58.3 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.97
Orbital period	3.37 years
Semi-major axis	2.25 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.96 – 2.53 au
Eccentricity	0.127
Inclination	5.45°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.951 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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