(2773) Brooks Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 6 May 1981 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.

Where Brooks is today

MercuryVenusEarthEarthMarsMarsBrooksBrooks

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brooks is 2.50 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number2773
Provisional designation1981 JZ2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter13.4 km (#3,559 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0400
Rotation period4.84 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.31
Orbital period3.55 years
Semi-major axis2.33 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.00 – 2.66 au
Eccentricity0.142
Inclination3.67°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.01 au

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

Also discovered on 6 May 1981

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