(606) Brangane Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 September 1906 by A. Kopff at Heidelberg.
Where Brangane is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brangane is 2.43 au from the Sun and 2.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 606 |
| Provisional designation | A906 SK |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 35.8 km (#1,118 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0960 |
| Rotation period | 12.3 hours |
| Spectral type | TSD |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.38 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.221 |
| Inclination | 8.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 18 September 1906
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- (579) Sidonia
- (582) Olympia
- (584) Semiramis
- (585) Bilkis
- (589) Croatia
- (591) Irmgard
- (593) Titania
- (595) Polyxena
- (596) Scheila
- (607) Jenny
- (608) Adolfine
- (612) Veronika
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