45737 Benita
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | B. A. Segal |
| Discovery site | Boca Raton |
| Discovery date | 22 April 2000 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 45737 |
| 2000 HB | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 6649 days (18.20 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.3434859 AU (500.17837 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 3.0411470 AU (454.94912 Gm) |
| 3.192316 AU (477.5637 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0473542 |
| 5.70 yr (2083.3 d) | |
| 140.4807° | |
| 0° 10m 22.082s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.19896° |
| 181.42745° | |
| 125.48771° | |
| Earth MOID | 2.03947 AU (305.100 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.81389 AU (271.354 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.170 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.5 | |
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45737 Benita (provisional designation: 2000 HB) is a main belt asteroid discovered on April 22, 2000 by B. A. Segal at the Florida Atlantic University's Astronomical Observatory in Boca Raton, Florida. Segal named the asteroid after his wife, Benita Segal, a major supporter of the observatory.[2]
References
- ↑ "45737 Benita (2000 HB)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel, Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, p. 865.
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