521 Brixia [SEP] discoverer or inventor
521 Brixia
Brixia (minor planet designation: 521 Brixia) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by American astronomer Raymond Smith Dugan on January 10, 1904. The name derives from "Brixia", the ancient name of the Italian city of Brescia.
External links.
- Lightcurve plot of 521 Brixia, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2009)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
-
Brixia
Brixia could refer to:
- Brescia, an Italian city referred to in Latin as Brixia
- "Brixia" (genus), an insect genus
- Brixia Model 35, a mortar
- 521 Brixia, a minor planet orbiting the Sun