(23401) Brodskaya Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 July 1968 by Plyugin, G. A., Belyaev, Yu. A. at Cerro El Roble.
Vera Yakovlevna Brodskaya (b. 1923) worked at the Pulkovo Observatory for more than 30 years. As librarian and curator of the library fund she was the initiator and main compiler of The Catalogue of editions of astronomical observatories of the world available in the Pulkovo Observatory library.Naming citation (20091202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brodskaya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brodskaya is 1.78 au from the Sun and 2.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23401 |
| Provisional designation | 1968 OE1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.04 |
| Orbital period | 3.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.78 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 4.67° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.772 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Vera
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