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Discovery
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| Discovery date | April 5, 2000 |
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Designations
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| Alternate name(s) | 2000 GM49; 1997 WB28 |
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Main belt |
| Epoch October 27, 2007 (JD 2454400.5) | |
| Aphelion | 3.1038504 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.6160378 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 2.8599441 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.0852836 |
| Orbital period | 1766.5859108 d (4.84 a) |
| Inclination | 0.75831° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 272.84614° |
| Argument of perihelion | 56.69774° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.2 |
15565 Benjaminsteele is a main-belt asteroid. It was named in honor of Benjamin C. Steele for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. He did his undergraduate studies at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and is now a graduate student at MIT.
In 2005, Steele attended the Summer Science Program, which teaches astronomy with a curriculum based on observations and orbit calculations of an asteroid.
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