653 Berenike

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653 Berenike
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by Joel Hastings Metcalf
Discovery site Taunton, Massachusetts
Discovery date27 November 1907
Designations
(653) Berenike
Pronunciation /bɛrɪˈnaɪkiː/ [2]
Named after
 Berenice II
1907 BK
Main belt   [3]
Orbital characteristics   [3] [4]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD  2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 108.38 yr (39584 d)
Aphelion 3.1360  AU (469.14  Gm)
Perihelion 2.8961 AU (433.25 Gm)
3.01609 AU (451.201 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.039773
5.24  yr (1913.2  d)
156.090°
0° 11m 17.376s / day
Inclination 11.290°
132.867°
55.838°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 39.22 ± 2.4 km (24.37 ± 1.49 mi)
Mean diameter  [5]
19.61±1.2  km
  • 12.4886±0.0007 h  [6]
  • 12.4886  h (0.52036  d)  [3]
0.2444±0.034  [3] [5]

    653 Berenike is a main-belt asteroid discovered on 27 November 1907 by Joel Hastings Metcalf at Taunton, Massachusetts. [1] It is named after Berenice II of Egypt, after whom the constellation Coma Berenices is also named. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation 1907 BK.

    Berenike is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body. [8]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)–(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
    2. ↑ 'Berenice' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 "653 Berenike (1907 BK)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 7 May 2016.
    4. ↑ "(653) Berenike". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
    5. 1 2 Tedesco; et al. (2004). "Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey (SIMPS)". IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on 19 January 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
    6. ↑ Galád; et al. (2008). "A Collection of Lightcurves from Modra: 2007 December- 2008 June". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 35 (4): 144–146. Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..144G.
    7. ↑ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
    8. ↑ Veeder, G. J.; et al. (March 1995), "Eos, Koronis, and Maria family asteroids: Infrared (JHK) photometry" (PDF), Icarus, vol. 114, pp. 186–196, Bibcode:1995Icar..114..186V, CiteSeerX   10.1.1.31.2739 , doi:10.1006/icar.1995.1053.


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