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786 Bredichina

Carbonaceous and very large background asteroid

Field	Value
minorplanet	yes
name	786 Bredichina
background	#D6D6D6
discovery_ref
discoverer	F. Kaiser
discovery_site	Heidelberg Obs.
discovered	20 April 1914
mpc_name	(786) Bredichina
alt_names	A914 HD1914 UO
named_after	{{plainlist
* <ref name	"springer" /
mp_category	{{plainlist
* main-belt<ref name	"MPC-object" /(outer)
* background<ref name	"AstDys-object" /
orbit_ref
epoch	31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
uncertainty	0
observation_arc	105.79 yr (38,638 d)
aphelion	3.6852 AU
perihelion	2.6690 AU
semimajor	3.1771 AU
eccentricity	0.1599
period	5.66 yr (2,068 d)
mean_anomaly	267.56°
mean_motion	/ day
inclination	14.518°
asc_node	89.766°
arg_peri	133.61°
dimensions
mean_diameter	{{plainlist
* {{val	91.60	6.2	u	km}}
* {{val	105.28	3.41	u	km}}
* {{val	108.309	0.868	u	km}}
* {{val	111.47	1.30	u	km}}
mass
density	1.606 ± 0.884/0.526 g/cm
rotation
albedo	{{plainlist
* <ref name	"AKARI" /
* <ref name	"Mainzer-2016" /
* <ref name	"SIMPS" /
spectral_type	{{plainlist
* Tholen {{	}} C
* B–V {{	}}
* U–B {{	}}
abs_magnitude	{{plainlist
* 8.65<ref name	"lcdb" /
* 8.9<ref name	"MPC-object" /
* 8.95<ref name	"jpldata" /}}

Fyodor Bredikhin (1831–1904)
(Russian astronomer)
main-belt(outer)
background
Tholen C
B–V
U–B
8.65
8.9
8.95}}

786 Bredichina (prov. designation: or ) is a carbonaceous and very large background asteroid, approximately 104 km in diameter, located in the outer region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by German astronomer Franz Kaiser at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory on 20 April 1914. The elongated C-type asteroid has a longer than average rotation period of 29.4 hours. It was named after Russian astronomer Fyodor Bredikhin (1831–1904).

Orbit and classification

Bredichina is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements. It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.7–3.7 AU once every 5 years and 8 months (2,068 days; semi-major axis of 3.18 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and an inclination of 15° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins at Heidelberg Observatory on 21 April 1914, the night after its official discovery observation.

Naming

This minor planet was named after Fyodor Bredikhin (1831–1904), also known as Theodor or Feodor Alexandrovich Bredichin, a Russian astronomer and director of the Pulkovo Observatory. He has made important contributions to the study of comets. The was also mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 (H 78). The lunar crater Bredikhin is also named after him.

Physical characteristics

In the Tholen classification, Bredichina is a common, carbonaceous C-type asteroid. It is also a C-type and C0-type in the Tedesco and Barucci classification from the 1908s.

Rotation period

In March 2015, a rotational lightcurve of Bredichina was obtained from photometric observations by Spanish astronomers Alfonso Carreño , Amadeo Aznar , Enrique Arce , Pedro Brines , and Juan Lozano . Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of hours with a brightness variation of magnitude ().

Previously, in August 2008, Argentine astronomer Ricardo Gil-Hutton derived period of hours with an amplitude of magnitude (). Tentative measurements were also made by Italian Nicola Cornero and Federico Manzini at the Sozzago Astronomical Station in May 2010, which gave a period of hours with an amplitude of magnitude (). The same period was also determined by Eric Barbotin in February 2020, though with a higher brightness variation of .

Diameter and albedo

According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), and the Japanese Akari satellite, Bredichina measures (), () and () kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of (), () and (), respectively. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts the results obtained by IRAS, that is, an albedo of 0.0730 and a diameter of 91.60 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 8.65, while Fienga et al. report a diameter of and estimate a mass of (9.81 ± 5.40/3.21) kg. Alternative mean diameter measurements published by the WISE team include (), (), (), () and () with corresponding albedos of (), (), (), () and ().

On 10 January 2015, an asteroid occultation of Bredichina gave a best-fit ellipse dimension of (), indicative of a highly elongated shape, with a good quality rating of 3. These timed observations are taken when the asteroid passes in front of a distant star.

References

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