(521) Brixia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 January 1904 by R. S. Dugan at Heidelberg.
Where Brixia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brixia is 2.25 au from the Sun and 2.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 521 |
| Provisional designation | A904 AE |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 107 km (#208 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0730 |
| Rotation period | 28.5 hours |
| Spectral type | C |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.57 |
| Orbital period | 4.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 3.51 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.278 |
| Inclination | 10.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 10 January 1904
More named asteroids discovered by R. S. Dugan
- (497) Iva
- (503) Evelyn
- (506) Marion
- (507) Laodica
- (508) Princetonia
- (510) Mabella
- (511) Davida
- (516) Amherstia
- (517) Edith
- (518) Halawe
- (519) Sylvania
- (523) Ada
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