128065 Bartbenjamin
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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Bert L. Stevens |
| Discovery site | Desert Moon Observatory |
| Discovery date | July 19, 2003 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 128065 |
| Alternative names[1] | 2003 OK |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 3.3903026 |
| Peri | 2.5870130 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1343897 |
| Orbital period | 1887.1774054 |
| Mean anomaly | 259.65246 |
| Inclination | 7.79396 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 223.23688 |
| Argument of peri | 179.98621 |
| Absolute magnitude | 15.1 |
128065 Bartbenjamin (2003 OK) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on July 19, 2003 by Bert L. Stevens at Desert Moon Observatory. It is probably between 1.9 and 2.6 kilometers (1.2 to 1.6 miles) in size, irregularly shaped, and made of carbon-based rock. It is named in honor of Bart Benjamin, Director of the Cernan Earth and Space Center of Triton College in River Grove, Illinois and former curator at the Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences in Peoria, Illinois.
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