(12710) Breda Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Breda, a city dating from 1252 in the southern part of The Netherlands, was captured in 1581 by the Spaniards during the Eighty Years War. In 1590 the town fell again into the hands of Maurice of Nassau, using a handful of men hidden under the turf of a peat-boat.Naming citation (20080819/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Breda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Breda is 2.55 au from the Sun and 2.75 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12710 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 VQ5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.55 km (#11,523 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.339 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.88 |
| Orbital period | 4.17 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.43 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0626 |
| Inclination | 8.73° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.44 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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