45737 Benita

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45737 Benita
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by B. A. Segal
Discovery site Jupiter Obs.
Discovery date22 April 2000
Designations
(45737) Benita
Named after
Benita Segal  [2]
(discoverer's wife)
2000 HB
main-belt  ·(outer)
background   [3]
Orbital characteristics   [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 19.41 yr (7,091 days)
Aphelion 3.3441 AU
Perihelion 3.0485 AU
3.1963 AU
Eccentricity 0.0462
5.71 yr (2,087 days)
245.14°
0° 10m 21s / day
Inclination 10.197°
181.43°
124.47°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions5.121±1.701 km [4]
0.294±0.080 [4]
13.6 [1]

    45737 Benita (provisional designation 2000 HB) is a bright asteroid located in the outer regions of the asteroid belt. It has an estimated diameter of approximately 5 kilometers. The asteroid was discovered on April 22, 2000, by Bruce Segal, an American amateur astronomer, at the Florida Atlantic University's Jupiter Observatory ( 837 ) in Boca Raton, Florida. [1] [5]

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    Orbit and classification

    Benita is a non-family asteroid that belongs to the background population of the main belt. [3] It orbits the Sun in the outer region of the asteroid belt, at a distance of 3.0–3.3 AU. It completes one orbit around the Sun every 5 years and 9 months (2,087 days) with a semi-major axis of approximately 3.20 AU. The orbit of Benita is slightly eccentric, with an eccentricity of 0.05, and it is inclined at an angle of 10° with respect to the ecliptic plane. [1] The body's observation arc begins with a precovery taken at Lincoln Laboratory's ETS, New Mexico, on 30 October 1997. [5]

    Physical characteristics

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Benita measures 5.121 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.294. [4]

    Rotation period

    As of 2017, no rotational lightcurve of Benita has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, poles and shape remain unknown. [6]

    Naming

    The discoverer named this minor planet after his wife, Benita Segal (born 1964), a major supporter of the observatory. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 20 November 2002 ( M.P.C. 47170). [7]

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    References

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    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(45737) Benita". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (45737) Benita. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 895. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_10039. ISBN   978-3-540-00238-3.
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