Brashear is a mid-sized asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Brashear as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth.
Brashear orbits the sun every 1,600 days (4.38 years), coming as close as 2.33 AU and reaching as far as 3.01 AU from the sun. Brashear is about 6.5 kilometers in diameter, making it larger than 99% of asteroids, comparable in size to the San Francisco Bay.
The rotation of Brashear has been observed. It completes a rotation on its axis every 19.29 hours.
Brashear's orbit is 1.35 AU from Earth's orbit at its closest point. This means that there is an extremely wide berth between this asteroid and Earth at all times.
Orbital simulations conducted by NASA JPL's CNEOS do not show any close approaches to Earth.
Brashear's orbit is determined by observations dating back to Sept. 3, 1981. It was last officially observed on May 30, 2023. The IAU Minor Planet Center records 3,093 observations used to determine its orbit.
Scientists have been able to determine this object's shape:
View asteroid Brashear in 3D.
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The above comparison is an artistic rendering that uses available data on the diameter of Brashear to create an approximate landscape rendering with Mount Everest in the background. This approximation is built for full-resolution desktop browsers. Shape, color, and texture of asteroid are imagined.