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 /bɛrɪˈnk/ [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
Dimensions39.22 ± 2.4 km (24.37 ± 1.49 mi)
Mean diameter [5]
Mean radius
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]

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