863 Benkoela
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Max Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | February 9, 1917 |
| Designations | |
| Alternative names | 1917 BH |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5) | |
| Aphelion | 3.317 AU |
| Perihelion | 3.083 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 3.200 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.036 |
| Orbital period | 5.724 a |
| Mean anomaly | 86.710° |
| Inclination | 25.396° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 117.077° |
| Argument of perihelion | 93.681° |
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863 Benkoela is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on February 9, 1917 from Heidelberg.
10µ radiometric data collected from Kitt Peak in 1975 gave a diameter estimate of 34 km.[2]
References
- ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "863 Benkoela", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ↑ Morrison, D.; Chapman, C. R. (March 1976), "Radiometric diameters for an additional 22 asteroids", Astrophysical Journal 204: 934–939, Bibcode:2008mgm..conf.2594S, doi:10.1142/9789812834300_0469.
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