(46925) Bradyharan Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 25 September 1998 by CSS at Catalina.

Brady John Haran (b. 1976) is an Australian-British video journalist and filmmaker. On his YouTube channels, which include Periodic Videos and Numberphile, he frequently collaborates with academics and other educational YouTubers.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #2, 22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Bradyharan is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bradyharan is 2.53 au from the Sun and 3.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number46925
Provisional designation1998 SS27
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter16.1 km (#2,866 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0440
Absolute magnitude (H)13.05
Orbital period4.21 years
Semi-major axis2.61 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.48 – 2.74 au
Eccentricity0.0499
Inclination27.6°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.46 au

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

Also discovered on 25 September 1998

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