(8849) Brighton Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 November 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Brighton is a seaside resort about 80 km south of London. Originally a small fishing community, it grew to become an important seaside resort, due to the influence of king George IV, who patronized the city. The IAU chose Brighton for its General Assembly in 1970.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Brighton is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brighton is 3.20 au from the Sun and 3.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8849 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 VZ4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 10.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.27 |
| Orbital period | 4.99 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.92 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.101 |
| Inclination | 9.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.63 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 15 November 1990
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- (5966) Tomeko
- (7469) Krikalev
- (7651) Villeneuve
- (8850) Bignonia
- (9176) Struchkova
- (9951) Tyrannosaurus
- (10092) Sasaki
- (10770) Belo Horizonte
- (10771) Ouro Preto
- (11051) Racine
- (11509) Thersilochos
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- (4038) Kristina
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- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
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