(6837) Bressi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 8 December 1994 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.

Named in honor of Terrence H. Bressi, a dedicated and multi-talented engineer at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. He has applied his expertise and ingenuity to the construction and improvement of telescopes and equipment used by the Spacewatch search for minor planets and comets.Naming citation (19990202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Bressi is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bressi is 3.08 au from the Sun and 2.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	6837
Provisional designation	1994 XN4
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	8.28 km (#6,322 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.258
Rotation period	5.74 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.61
Orbital period	4.84 years
Semi-major axis	2.86 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.25 – 3.47 au
Eccentricity	0.212
Inclination	12.8°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.31 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Terrence

All asteroids named after someone called Terrence

More named asteroids discovered by Spacewatch

All 377

← (6836) Paranal · (6838) Okuda →