(74439) Brenden Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 February 1999 by W. R. Cooney Jr. at Baton Rouge.
Craig Brenden (b. 1946) is a teacher of chemistry and an amateur astronomer. A co-founder of the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society, he has served the society as Vice-president many times, and was editor of Night Visions (the society newsletter) for thirty years.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-07-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brenden is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brenden is 2.61 au from the Sun and 1.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 74439 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CT2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.94 km (#9,032 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
| Orbital period | 5.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 3.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.185 |
| Inclination | 5.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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