761 Brendelia

761 Brendelia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Franz Kaiser on September 8, 1913, and named after Otto Rudolf Martin Brendel. It is orbiting at a distance of 2.8619 AU from the Sun with a period of 4.842 yr and an orbital eccentricity of 0.065297. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 2.16° to the plane of the ecliptic.^[1]

761 Brendelia

Discovery
Discovered by	Franz Kaiser
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	8 September 1913
Designations
MPC designation	(761) Brendelia
Alternative designations	1913 SO
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	97.40 yr (35574 d)
Aphelion	3.0488 AU (456.09 Gm)
Perihelion	2.6751 AU (400.19 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.8619 AU (428.13 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.065297
Orbital period (sidereal)	4.842 yr (1,768.4 d)
Mean anomaly	114.79°
Mean motion	0° 12m 12.852s / day
Inclination	2.1605°
Longitude of ascending node	23.830°
Argument of perihelion	298.232°
Earth MOID	1.66272 AU (248.739 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.15087 AU (321.766 Gm)
TJupiter	3.297
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	20.763±0.300 km
Synodic rotation period	57.96 h (2.415 d)
Spectral type	SC[2]
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.83

This is a member of the dynamic Koronis family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.^[3] It is an SC-type asteroid that is spinning with a period of 58.00±0.02 h.^[2]