Discovery and designation
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Discovered by | B. A. Segal |
Discovery site | Boca Raton |
Discovery date | April 22, 2000 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 45737 |
Alternate name(s) | 2000 HB |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Ap | 3.3509435 |
Peri | 3.0335281 |
Eccentricity | 0.0497168 |
Orbital period | 2083.2474958 |
Mean anomaly | 15.89722 |
Inclination | 10.19679 |
Longitude of ascending node | 181.46031 |
Argument of peri | 126.40559 |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.9 |
45737 Benita (provisional designation: 2000 HB) is a main belt asteroid discovered on April 22, 2000 by B. A. Segal at the Florida Atlantic University's Astronomical Observatory in Boca Raton, Florida. Segal named the asteroid after his wife, Benita Segal, a major supporter of the observatory.[1]
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