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8553 Bradsmith

asteroid
Place asteroid Q550090

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +23
Follows
8552 Hyoichi[6]
Followed by
8554 Gabreta[7]
Absolute magnitude
14 (13.8–14, n=3)[18][19][20]
Apoapsis
2.532, 2.534106614811138
Argument of periapsis
234.67596, 234.7481199641397
Discoverer or inventor
Kin Endate, Kazurō Watanabe[2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
54.21216, 54.17934026996322
Mean anomaly
225.34733, 323.9045575813728
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[8]
Named after
Bradford A. Smith[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.13 (0.13–0.13, n=3)[15][16][17]
Orbital inclination
5.44883, 5.446888390778057[21][22]
Orbital period
3.37, 1231.013529349964[23]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[9]
Periapsis
1.96346, 1.961685919267894
Provisional designation
1991 CP6, 1995 HG, 1996 TK64[10][11][12]
Rotation period
58.32
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.2477976, 2.247896267039516
Significant event
naming[14]
Site of astronomical discovery
Kitami Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
April 20, 1995[13]
Time of periapsis
2461123.92771657
🏷️ Also known as
en 8553 Bradsmith en Bradsmith de (8553) Bradsmith fa سیارک ۸۵۵۳ ja ブラッドスミス ru 1995 HG ru 1991 CP6 ru 1996 TK64 ru (8553) 1995 HG ru Bradsmith uk 8553 Бредсміт zh 小行星8553
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y11_0
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20008553
Minor Planet Center body ID
8553

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Kazurō Watanabe, Kin Endate
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Follows 1
8552 Hyoichi
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Named after 1
Bradford A. Smith
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
8552 Hyoichi
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Kitami Observatory
← FactGrid item ID 1
Russian–German Legion
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Summary

8553 Bradsmith is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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