(5502) Brashear Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1984 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Where Brashear is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brashear is 2.95 au from the Sun and 2.51 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5502 |
| Provisional designation | 1984 EC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.46 km (#8,290 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.321 |
| Rotation period | 19.3 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.17 |
| Orbital period | 4.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.33 – 3.01 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 12.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 1 March 1984
- (3066) McFadden
- (3420) Standish
- (3931) Batten
- (4529) Webern
- (4530) Smoluchowski
- (4818) Elgar
- (5943) Lovi
- (9544) Scottbirney
- (90698) Kosciuszko