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6117 Brevardastro

Main-belt asteroid

Field	Value
minorplanet	yes
name	6117 Brevardastro
background	#D6D6D6
discovery_ref
discovered	12 February 1985
discoverer	H. Debehogne
discovery_site	La Silla Obs.
mpc_name	(6117) Brevardastro
alt_names
named_after	Brevard Astronomical Society
(Brevard County FL USA)
mp_category	main-belt(inner)
orbit_ref
epoch	4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
uncertainty	0
observation_arc	62.66 yr (22,887 days)
aphelion	2.4998 AU
perihelion	2.1866 AU
semimajor	2.3432 AU
eccentricity	0.0668
period	3.59 yr (1,310 days)
mean_anomaly	80.283°
mean_motion	/ day
inclination	6.1246°
asc_node	305.56°
arg_peri	144.36°
dimensions	km
albedo
abs_magnitude	13.3

(Brevard County FL USA)

6117 Brevardastro, provisional designation , is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter.

The asteroid was discovered on 12 February 1985, by Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne at ESO's La Silla site in northern Chile. It was later named for the American Brevard Astronomical Society.

Orbit and classification

Brevardastro orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.2–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 7 months (1,310 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.07 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic. A first precovery was taken at Palomar Observatory in 1954, extending the body's observation arc by 31 years prior to its official discovery observation at La Silla.

Physical characteristics

According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Brevardastro measures 5.199 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a high albedo of 0.350, which is typical for stony E-type asteroids. As of 2017, the asteroid's rotation period and shape remain unknown.

Naming

Brevardastro is a contrived name that honors the Brevard Astronomical Society, a very active amateur astronomy community in Brevard County, located on the east coast of Florida, United States, which is known as the "space coast", where the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral are located and many of the early American space flights originated.

This society was a winner of the NameExoWorlds contest organised by International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2015, and was also awarded the naming right for this minor planet. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 12 February 2017 (M.P.C. 103029) and approved by the IAU's Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.

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