(7691) Brady Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named in honor of Charles E. “Chuck” Brady, Jr. (b. 1951), captain in the U.S. Navy, NASA astronaut, surgeon, experienced amateur radio operator and close friend to the name proposer. As a mission specialist, Chuck flew on the Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission aboard “Columbia” and has logged over 405 hours in space. In 1997, Chuck organized a radio expedition to Palmyra Island and the Kingman Reef in the Pacific. His ham call sign, N4BQW, could have been heard around the globe. Name proposed and citation prepared by L. D. Schmadel, DK8UH, who contacted him on Palmyra.Naming citation (19981005/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Brady is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brady is 2.69 au from the Sun and 3.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7691 |
| Provisional designation | 3186 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.85 km (#13,090 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.272 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.193 |
| Inclination | 3.28° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.924 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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