Q157083

Also known as (786) Bredichina, Bredichina

main-belt asteroid

Picture of the Day · NASA

Jupiter and Venus from Earth

2026-06-07

It was visible around the world. The sunset conjunction of Jupiter (left) and Venus (right) in 2012 was visible almost no matter where you lived on Earth. Anyone on our planet with a clear western horizon at sunset could see them. That year, a creative photographer traveled away from the town lights of Szubin, Poland to photograph a near closest approach of the two planets. The bright planets were then separated by only three degrees and his daughter struck a humorous pose. A faint red sunset still glowed in the background. Jupiter and Venus are together again this week after sunset, passing within a degree of each other about two days from today.

Key facts

Discovered by: F. Kaiser
Discovery site: Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date: 20 April 1914
Named after: Fyodor Bredikhin (1831–1904) (Russian astronomer)
Alternative designations: A914 HD · 1914 UO
Minor planet category: main-belt · ( outer ) background

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Article

786 Bredichina (prov. designation: A914 HD or 1914 UO) is a carbonaceous and very large background asteroid, approximately 104 kilometers (65 miles) 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