(323) Brucia Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 December 1891 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg.
Where Brucia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brucia is 2.49 au from the Sun and 2.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 323 |
| Provisional designation | A891 YB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 27.7 km (#1,501 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.295 |
| Rotation period | 9.46 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.49 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.67 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.299 |
| Inclination | 24.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.807 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (340) Eduarda
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