(5826) Bradstreet Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 16 February 1990 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro.

David Bradstreet (b. 1954), Chair of the Astronomy Department at Eastern University (St. Davids, PA), is recognized for his development of the Binary Maker light-curve software. He is also known for developing Spitz Full-Dome Curriculum planetarium course materials at Julia Fowler Planetarium in St. Davids.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-10-08), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Bradstreet is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bradstreet is 3.45 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	5826
Provisional designation	1990 DB
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	18.8 km (#2,376 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.125
Rotation period	5.55 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.12
Orbital period	5.38 years
Semi-major axis	3.07 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.65 – 3.50 au
Eccentricity	0.138
Inclination	2.48°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.64 au

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

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Also discovered on 16 February 1990

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