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323 Brucia (/ˈbruːsiə/ BREW-see-ə or /ˈbruːʃə/ BREW-shə) was the first asteroid to be discovered by the use of astrophotography. It was also the first of over 200 asteroids discovered by Max Wolf a pioneer in that method of finding astronomical objects. Discovered in 1891 it was named in honour of Catherine Wolfe Bruce a noted patroness of the science of astronomy who had donated $10000 for the construction of the telescope used by Wolf.It is also a Mars-crosser asteroid.

apoapsis (km)
4.63848e+11
average speed (km/s)
68040.0
orbital period (μ)
1.15987e+08
periapsis (km)
2.4871e+11
temperature (K)
176.0
absolute magnitude
9.73
albedo
0.1765
apparent magnitude
11.2
discovery date
1891-12-22
discoverer
Max Wolf
epoch
30 January 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
escape velocity (kmh)
68.4
former name
1923 JA; 1934 JC
rotation period (s)
34041.6

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