(6748) Bratton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 October 1995 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Named in honor of Durley H. Bratton (b. 1923), who has been a mentor and inspiration for amateur astronomers and telescope makers in the Memphis, Tennessee, area since the late 1960s. An electronics technician by profession, he became a highly skilled optical craftsman, constructing or advising in the construction of many telescopes. His designs often involved remarkable resourcefulness and ingenuity, such as using borosilicate glass cut from old color television picture-tube faceplates as f/2 Schmidt camera primary mirror blanks. Name suggested and citation by R. Tucker.Naming citation (19990202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bratton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bratton is 2.65 au from the Sun and 1.72 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6748 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 UV30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.9 km (#4,647 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0730 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.13 |
| Orbital period | 3.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 4.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 20 October 1995
- (6747) Ozegahara
- (7673) Inohara
- (9212) Kanamaru
- (11981) Boncompagni
- (11984) Manet
- (15846) Billfyfe
- (16715) Trettenero
- (17612) Whiteknight
- (18469) Hakodate
- (48643) Allen-Beach
- (52480) Enzomora
- (65784) Naderayama