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Discovery
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| Discovered by | Juan Lacruz |
| Discovery date | 2008 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 256797 Benbow |
| Named after | Admiral Benbow Inn (fictional home of Jim Hawkins in the novel Treasure Island) |
| Alternate name(s) | 2008 CA70 |
| Minor planet category |
main belt asteroid |
| Aphelion | 2.467 AU (369,057,947.017 km) |
| Perihelion | 2.159 AU (322,981,802.841 km) |
| Semi-major axis | 2.313 AU (346,019,874.929 km) |
| Eccentricity | 0.066 |
| Orbital period | 1285.342 days 3.52 years |
| Mean anomaly | 44.903° |
| Inclination | 6.136° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.7 |
256797 Benbow (provisional designation 2008 CA70) is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Juan Lacruz on 9 February 2008 at Observatorio de La Cañada. 256797 Benbow was named after Admiral Benbow Inn, a tavern in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island.