656 Beagle

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656 Beagle
Discovery
Discovered by August Kopff
Discovery site Heidelberg
Discovery date January 22, 1908
Designations
Alternative names 1908 BU
Orbital characteristics
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Aphelion 3.577 AU
Perihelion 2.717 AU
Semi-major axis 3.147 AU
Eccentricity 0.137
Orbital period 5.582 a
Mean anomaly 107.837°
Inclination 0.514°
Longitude of ascending node 184.539°
Argument of perihelion 332.422°
Physical characteristics
Rotation period 7.255 ± 0.001 h[1]

    656 Beagle is a Themistian asteroid.[citation needed] It is a member of the Eos family.[1]

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro et al. (December 2004), "Rotational lightcurves of asteroids belonging to families", Icarus 172 (2): 388–401, Bibcode:2004Icar..172..388A, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.008. 

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