521 Brixia

{{Short description | Minor planet in the asteroid belt}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox planet

| minorplanet= yes

| background= #D6D6D6

| name= 521 Brixia

| mpc_name= (521) Brixia

| pronounced={{IPAc-en|'|b|r|ɪ|k|s|i|ə}}Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language

| alt_names= 1904 NB

| discoverer= Raymond Smith Dugan

| discovered= 10 January 1904

| discovery_site= Heidelberg

| epoch= 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)

| orbit_ref=

| eccentricity= 0.28254

| semimajor= {{Convert|2.7398|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}

| perihelion= {{Convert|1.9657|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}

| aphelion= {{Convert|3.5139|AU|Gm|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| period= 4.54 yr (1656.4 d)

| inclination= 10.596°

| asc_node= 89.665°

| arg_peri= 316.010°

| mean_anomaly= 308.887°

| mean_motion= {{Deg2DMS|0.21733|sup=ms}} / day

| observation_arc= 112.27 yr (41005 d)

| uncertainty= 0

| abs_magnitude= 8.31

| rotation= {{Convert|28.479|h|d|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| albedo= {{val|0.0626|0.002}}

| mean_radius= {{val|57.825|1}} km

}}

521 Brixia is a relatively large minor planet, specifically an asteroid orbiting mostly in the asteroid belt 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.{{cite book |last1=Schmadel |first1=Lutz D. |date=2003 |title=Dictionary of Minor Planet Names |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryminorp00schm |url-access=limited |edition=5th |publisher=Springer-Verlag |location=Berlin, Heidelberg, New York |isbn=3-540-00238-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryminorp00schm/page/n69 56]}}